Tripura: 5 criminal cases against 71 for provocative posts on social media

The Tripura Police on Wednesday said it has registered five cases against 71 people for alleged provocative and fake posts on social media aiming at disturbing peace and communal harmony in the state.

Strict action will be taken against those who are "spreading rumours of communal violence and trying to create hatred in the society", it said.

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The five cases were filed for allegedly spreading rumours on social media platforms on the issue of recent communal violence incidents in Tripura, a senior officer said.

The police appealed to people "not to like or retweet provocative posts since it amounts to rumour-mongering".

The Tripura Police in a statement on Twitter said that fake news is being circulated that a mosque in Kakraban area of Gomati district has been damaged and vandalised. It called it a complete misrepresentation of facts and added that the mosque in Dargabazar area of Kakraban is completely fine.