Hyderabad, May 17 -- The cybercrime unit of the Hyderabad police on Thursday arrested Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator Sravan Vurapalli and others for circulating an old video clip of alleged rigging in a polling booth on social media earlier this week. The clip, claiming it was from Bahadurpura, was spread with the claim that there were irregularities in the recently conducted Lok Sabha elections in Hyderabad.

Sravan Vurapalli is the BJP's Malkajgiri corporator from Hyderabad. Three others were arrested by the police, a day after Election Commission of India (ECI) officials lodged a complaint about the circulation of an old video clip. The BJP corporator was whisked away from his office on Thursday evening, said police officials....