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Hyderabad: Four held for spreading misinformation
According to the police, the four persons had circulated two different videos related to some small incidents on Milad un Nabi in social media platforms by allegedly exaggerating the facts.
Hyderabad: The Shahinayathgunj police arrested four persons for allegedly spreading misinformation and creating animosity between different religions during Milad-un-Nabi.
The arrested are Naresh Vyas (43), working as cameraman with a YouTube channel – 9 Bharat Samachar, Shaik Shaukath Ahmed (39), chairman of 5in News, Mahesh Kumar (51), chairman 9 Bharat Samachar and Sandeep Bohra (55), a businessman from Baghlingampally.
According to the police, the four persons had circulated two different videos related to some small incidents on Milad un Nabi in social media platforms by allegedly exaggerating the facts. “The four persons spread the videos with an intention to create feelings of enmity, hatred between different religious groups,” said DCP (South West) Chandra Mohan.
The police appealed to the people not to share false news which causes disturbances to peace and tranquillity.