Rajouri police on Thursday claimed to have booked
two local boys for updating ‘sensitive posts’ on social media platform. The two
boys running their Facebook accounts on the
names of Bajjard Tariq and Er Ashfaq Khatana shared two separate posts
on their Facebook timeline and used ‘highly sensitive remarks’ in their appeal
to voters of a particular community in
view of on-going parliamentary elections.The words used in their posts are
having potential to disturb peaceful atmosphere of the district, police
said.Taking strong note of it, police
has registered a case FIR No. 150/2019 U/S 153-A, 125 RPC and 66-B IT Act. Case
has been registered in police station Rajouri against the duo and investigation teams have been formed to nab
them.SSP Rajouri Yougal Manhas told KNO that “the words used by the duo were
highly objectionable and sensitive in terms of law and order and the duo behaved in a highly
insensitive manner.”He added that duo has been booked and attempts are on to
arrest them. He further appealed all the people to take healthy participation in democratic
process of voting instead of using sensitive comments and warned that strict
action under law will be taken against whosoever will try to disturb the peaceful atmosphere.SSP Rajouri
further informed that social media accounts of more than twenty persons
including those affiliated with political parties, especially from Rajouri town, are under surveillance and
authorities are going to take action against some more persons for their
irresponsible acts on social media platforms.(KNO)