Maharashtra Police found 36 ‘fake’ social media posts on Tripura violence

New Delhi, November 18

The cyber crime wing of Maharashtra Police found 36 ‘fake’ social media posts on Tripura violence.

The Maharashtra police found 36 inflammatory and fake news posts on social media related to the Tripura violence being circulated with an intent to trigger violence in several parts of Maharashtra.

The police have suspended internet in Amravati City for last four days following the violence and clashes.

According to the police, there were 36 inflammatory and fake news related posts over the past four to five days that were found to be circulated. The same posts has triggered violence and unrest in the affected districts where clashes had erupted.

The cybercrime cell have also traced the IP addresses from where the posts were being uploaded and have written to 36 police stations across Maharashtra asking them to register FIRs under appropriate sections for uploading the malicious posts.

The violence had erupted in Amravati, Malegaon, Nashik and Nanded during a prptest organised by minority groups to protest the violence in Tripura.