THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The police sought information from the Facebook on the cyber-attacks against journalists. A letter was given seeking the account details of T J Jayajith, Vineeth V U and Kannan Lal. The police said they circulated sexually explicit messages. The police have started probe on more people who circulated the messages.

DIG Sanjay Kumar Gurudin had given a report to the DGP on the cyber-attack against journalists. The report has mentioned that the posts had sexual tinges. The journalists were attacked because they asked inconvenient questions to the chief minister.

Even the journalists’ families were not spared. A case was registered on the complaint of Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ). Thiruvananthapuram range DIG Sanjay Kumar Gurudin was in charge of the probe. The probe is on with the help of police’s cyber dome and hitech cell.