Mangaluru: According to sources, the city police o Tuesday have tracked down the miscreant responsible for posting a derogatory post on Facebook about Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat. 

The accused has been identified as Shrinivas Karkala. 

It is learned that an official complaint was filed by Sushanth Poojary on December 10. The Mangaluru South police registered a case for alleged derogatory references to Gen. Rawat and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in Facebook posts made from accounts of Shrinivas Karkala, Vasanth Kumar T.K., and Subbarao Ravikumar. 

The case was registered for offenses punishable (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code.

However the police have not arrested him because of his physical condition. The police took legal opinion where it was stated that there was no need for his custodial investigation.

The city police team have gathered evidence to show that the post was by Mr. Karkala, said Police Commissioner N. Shashi Kumar.