LUCKNOW: A man was booked for uploading the prime minister’s photo on his twitter profile with a post that government did not declare Mahatma Gandhi as father of the nation. This was among three FIRs lodged at Mahanagar police station on Saturday over fake or objectionable social media posts.
Quarantine centres lacked basic facilities in PM’s constituency Varanasi was another post that drew attention of cyber sleuths and a case was booked for violation of IT Act. Another case was registered for circulation of fake news that police assaulted a minor who tested positive for coronavirus after returning to Meerut from Nizamuddin markaz. The accused were booked for spreading rumours.
In the first case, an FIR was lodged against an unidentified person for posting from his twitter handle @kcjpr which had PM’s picture in its profile. The post stated the government did not declare Gandhi as father of the nation, but it was imposed on citizens. In true sense, real fathers of the nation include APJ Abdul Kalam, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Lal Bahadur Shastri, it added. Sub-inspector Ramnaval Yadav said the man was spreading wrong message by impersonating as the Prime Minister.
The second case was against a person with username Sanjay Khatane, who claimed that quarantine centres in PMs’ constituency Varanasi lacked basic facilities.
An unidentified man was booked for posting fake news from a twitter handle named after a political party.
Quarantine centres lacked basic facilities in PM’s constituency Varanasi was another post that drew attention of cyber sleuths and a case was booked for violation of IT Act. Another case was registered for circulation of fake news that police assaulted a minor who tested positive for coronavirus after returning to Meerut from Nizamuddin markaz. The accused were booked for spreading rumours.
In the first case, an FIR was lodged against an unidentified person for posting from his twitter handle @kcjpr which had PM’s picture in its profile. The post stated the government did not declare Gandhi as father of the nation, but it was imposed on citizens. In true sense, real fathers of the nation include APJ Abdul Kalam, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Lal Bahadur Shastri, it added. Sub-inspector Ramnaval Yadav said the man was spreading wrong message by impersonating as the Prime Minister.
The second case was against a person with username Sanjay Khatane, who claimed that quarantine centres in PMs’ constituency Varanasi lacked basic facilities.
An unidentified man was booked for posting fake news from a twitter handle named after a political party.
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