Woman booked for rumours on CM’s health

Wing, the Central Crime Branch of city police on Friday registered a case against a woman for allegedly spreading rumours on social media about the health condition of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who is undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals.

By :  migrator
Update: 2016-09-30 16:41 GMT
J Jayalalithaa

Chennai

Sources said CCB, acting on a complaint lodged by AIADMK party worker Avadi Siva, booked a case under three sections of the IT Act against a woman, who has a verified facebook profile called Tamizhachi and is reportedly settled in France. It is said that Tamizhachi, who has a big following on Facebook, posted unverified details about the Chief Minister, adding fuel to rumours of her “deteriorating health condition” and thus creating a storm in social media. She was criticised recently for posting controversial status messages about Ramkumar’s death in prison

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