The cyber police have registered a case against local leader Faheem Khan and five others for spreading misinformation on social media during treason and unrest. The officials gave this information on Thursday.
He said that these six people are among the 50 accused against whom the cyber department has lodged four FIRs in connection with the violence on Monday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Crime) Lohit Matani said in a press conference here that the Cyber Crime Department has sought information about ‘Facebook’, ‘X’, ‘Instagram’ and ‘YouTube’ officials about 230 profiles on his platform and urged them to stop them.
He told that as soon as the department gets information, the accused will be identified and arrested.
The official said that his investigation has revealed that after some videos were shared on social media, wrong information was initially spread, causing violence and provoked.
Matani said that a case of treason has been registered against six people including ‘Minority Democratic Party’ (MDP) leader Faheem Khan in the Cyber Police FIR.
The violent mob created a ruckus in several areas of Central Nagpur on Monday night amid rumors of the rectangular sheets being burnt during the protests led by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal to remove the grave of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb located in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.
In this incident, 33 policemen, including three officers of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, were injured.
Matani said that Khan edited a video of the demonstration demanding Aurangzeb’s removal of the grave and broadcast it (on social media).
Four objections have been recorded in connection with making inflammatory videos of the performance and broadcasting them to incite the violence.
Apart from this, videos of violence (on social media) were shared to incite more riots.
Citing the FIR, Matani said that apart from this, indecent posts were shared, causing violence and provoked.
