Hassan Deputy Commissioner C. Sathyabhama has suspended a first division assistant (FDA) working at the office of the Deputy Director of Public Instructions in Hassan. The suspension comes in response to the FDA, B.H. Manjunath, forwarding a message favoring the BJP to a WhatsApp group named after former BJP MLA Preetham Gowda on March 31. The action was taken following a complaint filed by Nagendra Ram, who notified the office of the Deputy Commissioner in Hassan and also sent a copy to the Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka.