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PANJIM: Panjim’s JMFC granted bail to Kenneth Silveira who was arrested for allegedly spreading false news about Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s health.
Silveira, who had unsuccessfully contested the 2017 by-elections against Parrikar from Panjim constituency, had allegedly posted wrong and misleading information about the CM’s health on his Facebook account on Wednesday stating that the worst had happened.
Crime Branch arrested him late Wednesday night after interrogating him for hours at Ribandar. Silveira’s post, on Facebook on Tuesday, had read: “Just got news that Parrikar is no more”.
He has been charged under Section 505 (circulating messages to cause public harm) of the Indian Penal Code.
Parrikar is currently in US undergoing treatment and his third phase of treatment will begin on Monday. He has been regularly taking stock of the State administration and had telephonically spoken to his cabinet colleagues on Tuesday.
