Mysuru, Feb. 15 -- The case of the defamatory social media post targeting a religion, which triggered stone-pelting incidents in Udayagiri Police Station limits earlier this week, has taken a fresh twist and a conspiracy angle has emerged.

New information suggests that some employees at the dry fruits packing unit owned by accused, Satish alias Panduranga, may be behind circulating the post. Satish, a wholesale dry fruits vendor, operates the unit - Satish Dry Fruits - in Kalyangiri, employing over 300 workers.

Sources reveal that a few employees, considered close to the owner, forwarded the post to Satish's mobile phone, took a screenshot and uploaded it to Facebook. Notably, some trusted employees regularly used Panduranga's phone for...