An 85-year-old man has been booked by the Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Crime Police for allegedly posting derogatory remarks about Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi in a WhatsApp group.The accused has been identified as Raveendranathan Nair, a resident of Thycaud in Thiruvananthapuram. Police registered the case following a complaint lodged by a Congress leader on November 4.According to the police, Nair allegedly shared abusive messages targeting Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in a WhatsApp group named 'Trivandrum Club Seniors Forum TVM Club'.The FIR stated that the messages were deliberately posted in the group, where they were visible to other members, with the intention of defaming the two Congress leaders and damaging their reputation.
A case has been registered against Nair under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Information Technology Act, police said.- Ends(With PTI inputs)