mangaluru even as social media was awash with news of backtoback deaths of senior congress leaders m h ambareesh and c k jaffer sharief news of former kpcc president b janardhan poojary being unwell and admitted to a hospital here created a mini flutter notwithstanding a rebuttal in social media about poojary being hale and hearty at his bantwal home the rumours continued to abound forcing a legal challengeregistering a complaint in this regard with bantwal town police station was harikrishna bantwal district bjp spokesperson and protg of poojary notwithstanding the fact that he has severed political ties with the grand old party harikrishnas admiration for his political guru saw him approach dakshina kannada district police authorities as an individual seeking action against those unidentified persons for spreading canards about poojaryharikrishna in his complaint to station house officer bantwal town ps said few people with a twisted mindset have been spreading canards about poojarys health though the former union minister is well and residing with his family at chenamma kuteer at b c road in good spirits noting that these persons were indulging in a criminal act harikrishna urged the police to identify persons behind this act and take legal action against thembantwal town ps sho said a noncognizable nc report has been registered in this regard and action will be initiated based on guidance given by the superiors if a legal case is made out a case under suitable sections of it act and ipc if they so apply will be registered the officer said adding any such case will be investigated by an officer at the rank of police inspector the circle police inspector bantwal circle in this case