PANAJI: Goa police sent a team to Delhi and arrested Akshay Vashisth for posting a video titled, ‘Goa ka haunted airport’ (Goa’s haunted airport), on his Facebook channel, which contained false information about Mopa airport. Police stated that Vashisht, the administrator of the Facebook channel, ‘Real Talk Clips’, uploaded a video containing false information about the Manohar International Airport at Mopa. The post was flagged by police constable Suraj Shirodkar of the social media monitoring cell at the police headquarters in Panaji.Shirodkar’s complaint mentioned that Vashisht’s post contained ‘false, malicious and superstitious allegations in a manner that is capable of creating fear and public alarm with intent to promote their channel’.
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After the complaint was registered on Sep 15 at the Mopa airport police station, police learned, through technical surveillance, that the accused resided in Delhi. Accordingly, a team consisting of PSI Viraj Sawant and constable Ravichandr Bandiwadkar proceeded to the national capital. They traced the accused person to Dwarka, and he was brought to the Mopa airport police station for further investigation and placed under arrest on Wednesday evening.The entire operation was carried out under the supervision and guidance of police inspector Narayan Chimulkar. Further investigation is in progress.
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