Chennai: The Chennai City cyber crime team has approached the Computer Emergency Response Team, Delhi (CERT) for help in the case related to the controversial post of Tamizachi settled in France in which she had wrote about Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s health.
“We are taking the CERT route because Facebook may not cooperate with Chennai police on disclosing the details if the IP address is in another country. A central government agency request should carry more weight when dealing with FB,” disclosed a source in cyber crime unit on Sunday. CERT is a national agency with emergency powers for handling cyber security incidents, besides coordinating the response to cyber incidents.
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The city police officials also indicated that they are taking the case very seriously and may also ask the state government to write a letter to CERT to process our request.
The city Police booked the French national for her purported Facebook posts on the health condition of the Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who is being treated at the Apollo Hospital, on Friday. Her post on the CM’s health condition was widely shared in the social networking site.
Tamizachi has been booked under 3 sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), 505(i) (statements conducing to public mischief), and 505(ii)(b)(c)(b- with intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public, or to any section of the public whereby any person may be induced to commit an offence against the State or against the public tranquillity; c- punishment for inciting the offence), of the Indian Penal Code. The FIR was registered based on a complaint from AIADMK IT Wing State secretary G. Ramachandran.
