5 booked in Kashmir for posting ‘inflammatory’ content material on social media

Anantnag and Budgam Police have taken stringent actions in opposition to people partaking in such actions.

Anantnag Police, in a press release mentioned, it initiated authorized proceedings in opposition to three people—Salman Mushtaq Kuttay, Rameez Ashraf Hadi, and Umer Farooq Ganie—for importing inflammatory and seditious movies on their social media profiles.

“These movies contained content material aimed toward inciting discord and unrest inside the neighborhood,” mentioned the Anantnag Police.

The authorities have urged the general public to stay vigilant and report any comparable situations of hate speech, emphasizing that such actions could be handled in accordance with the legislation, Police mentioned in a social media submit.

Concurrently in Budgam, authorities have taken agency measures in opposition to these misusing social media platforms to unfold rumors and disrupt peace.

Two people have been apprehended and introduced earlier than the Justice of the Peace, with ongoing investigations into their actions.

Budgam Police has referred to as upon the neighborhood to collaborate with legislation enforcement, encouraging vigilance and immediate reporting of any disruptive habits or misuse of social media that might endanger communal concord, Police mentioned.

Thi motion by the police comes within the wake of current administrative directives throughout varied districts cautioning in opposition to the posting of “provocative” content material on social media platforms.

Prior warnings from the police to abstain from sharing provocative materials on these platforms had been additionally issued, emphasizing the intense repercussions for these disregarding these cautions.