Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 3 A 35-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly making a threat on Instagram to detonate a bomb near a mosque in Ullal, police said.
The accused, identified as Shankar Masthappa Mogera, a resident of Devinagar, Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district, was apprehended, they said.
According to police, the accused posted a message on March 2, threatening to detonate a bomb near the Ullal mosque.
The comment was found to be inflammatory and capable of inciting communal hatred and disrupting public peace. Consequently, a case was registered at the Ullal Police Station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, a senior police officer said.
The police team apprehended the accused on Tuesday, and the mobile phone allegedly used to post the remark has been seized for further investigation, he said.
Police said the accused made the comment with the intention of provoking hostility between religious groups and creating unrest in the area. He has been produced before the jurisdictional JMFC court in Mangaluru, and further legal proceedings are underway.