UP: Case registered for spreading false information of Vikas Dubey's encounter

KANPUR: The Auraiya police have booked unidentified men for spreading false information of gangster Vikas Dubey's encounter by STF inspector Rishikant on social media on Monday.
The accused soon after the shootout in Kanpur's Bikru village had circulated false information that the gangster was shot dead by the STF inspector, said additional superintendent of police Kamlesh Dikshit.
Dikshit said the police were conducting the investigation. He said that nobody would be spared for spreading fake news.
"A case has been registered at Kotwali police station in this regard. The police cyber cell is preparing a list of people who were creating confusion by sharing this fake information on social media sites," he added.