Sacked Infosys techie sent to 7-day police custody for tweeting ‘let’s spread virus’

Bengaluru: A sacked techie of software major Infosys was arrested for allegedly posting a prank tweet to spread coronavirus, a police officer said on Saturday.

“The accused — Mujeeb Mohammed — was arrested on Friday evening under Sections 505, 270 and 190 of the IPC for the social media post,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Kuldeep Jain told IANS.

The accused was produced in a local court on Saturday which remanded him to police custody for seven days for interrogation and investigation into the cyber crime.