Hathras
Uttar Pradesh: FIR for spreading rumours on Hathras incident
Lucknow/UNI: The Uttar Pradesh police registered a first information report (FIR) against a Facebook user for spreading rumours by allegedly using morphed screenshots of a TV news channel, in connection with the alleged gangrape and subsequent death of a Dalit girl in Hathras district, police officials said here on Sunday.
They said an FIR was registered in Lucknow's Hazratganj police station, after getting inputs from agencies investigating the Hathras incident that some organisations and people were involved in a conspiracy to incite the sentiments of a particular caste and hatred towards another caste.
They said the attempt was made to malign the image of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath through fake posts and content.
The circulation of such material was an effort to disturb law and order and disrupt communal and social harmony in UP, they added.
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