The Nagpur Police have registered a sedition case in opposition to Fahim Khan, the mastermind of the March 17 violence, and 5 others.
Khan has already been arrested and the court docket has despatched him to judicial custody until March 20. The Nagpur Cyber Crime Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Lohit Matani mentioned, “A case of sedition has been registered in opposition to six individuals, together with Fahim Khan. Some individuals supported the violence in opposition to the police and praised it. The quantity might improve additional. Some feedback have been made whereas supporting this assault, which additional fuelled the riots. A case of sedition has been registered in opposition to the individuals who made such feedback.“
He mentioned that greater than 300 social media accounts have been investigated in reference to the riots that broke out in Nagpur. Out of those, 140 accounts have been discovered to have objectionable posts and movies. He added that the method of registering a case in opposition to all of them is underway.
The DCP mentioned the objectionable content material was circulated from an account outdoors Nagpur. “Help for the riots has been expressed via some posts. This account is being investigated and it is usually being seemed into if they’re from outdoors the nation. Together with this, the social media account of the principle accused, Fahim Khan, has additionally been investigated. Objectionable content material was discovered on his account and the cyber division has registered a case on this regard additionally,” he added.
He mentioned that the police are probing to search out out the Bangladesh angle to the Nagpur violence. “Simply because somebody wrote Bangladesh in a submit doesn’t imply that it’s linked to Bangladesh. A radical investigation should be executed for that,” he remarked.
He additionally mentioned that 4 FIRs have been filed thus far within the Nagpur riots case, containing greater than 50 allegations. Extra FIRs can be filed.
Earlier, the workplace of the Further Director Basic of Police, Maharashtra State Cyber Division a media launch issued on Wednesday evening mentioned greater than 140 cases of objectionable content material throughout Fb, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube have been recognized and reported. In response, notices below Part 79(3)(b) of the Data Expertise (IT) Act, 2000 have been issued to facilitate the instant takedown of such content material. Moreover, notices below Part 94 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 have been issued to uncover the actual identities of the people working these accounts.
Strict authorized motion can be taken in opposition to these chargeable for spreading such provocative content material, he mentioned.
