Abhisekh Trimukhe, DCP, Zone IX said Kulkarni will be produced in court on Thursday. He was arrested under Epidemic Disease Act 1897, section 3 of IPC r/w, 117, 188, 269, 270, 505 (2). The police had also arrested Vinay Dube for spreading the fake news through Facebook live. He was also arrested under the same Epidemic Diseases Act under same section applied against Kulkarni.
It is said that the Marathi news channel reporter Rahul Kulkarni news report of starting train April 14 encouraged the 3000 migrant workers to come out on street of Bandra and rush Bandra Central station to catch the train for their native places. Kulkarni had claimed that his report of starting the train was based on the circular issued by the central railway.
