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Fake Video Case: HD Kumaraswamy Slams Arrest of JDS Workers
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News18•15-10-2026, 07:08
Fake Video Case: HD Kumaraswamy Slams Arrest of JDS Workers
- •CCB Cyber Crime police detained five individuals, including JDS social media workers and a private news channel head, over a fake video targeting Siddaramaiah.
- •Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy expressed severe outrage, questioning why party workers were arrested instead of the actual perpetrators of the sting operation.
- •Kumaraswamy warned that they will not tolerate harassment of their party youths and alleged an attempt to turn the case towards him.
- •He demanded a fair investigation and challenged authorities to question him directly instead of unjustly targeting his supporters.
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The CCB Cyber Crime police detained five individuals, including a private news channel head, two of its employees, JDS social media worker Shankar, and two of his friends.
Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy expressed outrage, stating that the police targeted JDS youths instead of the actual perpetrator who conducted the sting operation, and warned that they would not tolerate trouble being caused to their party workers.
Investigators tracked down the suspects using the IP address of the account where the video was uploaded. During the probe, it was discovered that minors were used to upload the video.
