Kochi: The police filed a case against Shajan Skaria and Google India in the incident of leaking police wireless message. The Palarivattam police registered the case on the instructions of the Ernakulam Judicial First Class Magistrate Court. The court had found prima facie merit in the claim of the complainant that Shajan Skaria’s act was cyber terrorism.
The Palarivattam police have registered a case as per the instructions of the Ernakulam Judicial First Class Magistrate Court to file a case against people including Shajanskaria and Google. The complainant in the case, lawyer Firdaus, has approached the court claiming that dissemination of official secrets through Google-owned YouTube falls under the purview of cyber terrorism and therefore it should be directed to file a case against the culprits.
The court has also asked to investigate the complaint and submit a report.
Shajan Scaria published the video on YouTube channel Marunadan Malayali under the title Two Shocking Wireless Messages. Google, the owner of YouTube and a foreign company, is the first defendant in the case. Respondents two to seven are the representatives of Google India. Shajan Skaria and his colleagues are 9 to 11 accused. Aluva Police and Thiruvananthapuram Cyber Police had earlier registered a case against Shajan Skaria on the complaint of leaking wireless message.
