Karnataka minster H K Patil’s website hacked

BENGALURU: A personal website of H K Patil,

senior Congress leader

and minister for rural development and panchayat raj, was hacked by miscreants and derogatory information posted against him and the nation. Based on a complaint from Patil cybercrime police registered a case on Sunday. N Satheesh Kumar, joint commissioner of police (crime) said the case was booked against unknown miscreants.

In his complaint, Patil, a senior cabinet minister in the Siddaramaiah government, stated that he owns the website www.hkpatil.com and it contained information about his achievement as minister and in various capacities of his political career. “Miscreants hacked the website on Saturday and put up content which is against the people of this country and against the nation,” he stated. “This act appears deliberately done to bring bad name to me and spoil my reputation in society.” Patil told police that miscreants had posted content which could harm national integrity.

A case has been registered under section 66C (punishment for identity theft) of IT Act and IPC sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 295a (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religious beliefs). A team has been formed to nab the culprits.