Mubashir Bukhari
Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir Police today registered cases against various social media users for “defying government orders and misusing social media platforms.”
“Lot of incriminating material has also been seized in this regard. This is the first FIR registered in Cyber Police Station Kashmir Zone Srinagar since its notification by the Government. The case is registered under FIR No. 01 of 2020 U/S 13 U A (P) Act, 188, 505 of IPC and 66-A(b) of IT Act,” police said in an official statement here.
“In the mid-January this year, J&K UT Government had issued an order vide Government Order No Home-03 (TSTS) of 2020 dated 14.01.2020, banning all social media sites to curb the misuse of the sites by miscreants for propagating false information/ rumors,” reads an official statement.
The ban was ordered to stall the rumor mongering and spreading false and fake facts having the effect of causing social instability, as per the statement.
Police also said that there has been continuous reports of misuse of Social media sites by the miscreants to propagate the secessionist ideology and to promote unlawful activities.
“Social media has remained a favorite tool which largely provides anonymity to the user and also gives wide reach. The FIR has been registered while taking cognizance of the social media posts by the miscreants by use of different VPNs, which are propagating rumors with regard to the current security scenario of the Kashmir valley, propagating secessionist ideology and glorifying terror acts,” they said.
IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar has made an appeal to general public not to use social media via VPN, in this regard.
