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Unnao: An FIR has been lodged against eight Twitter handles for allegedly propagating fake news in connection with the death of two girls last week, police said on Monday.

The Twitter handles include news portal ‘Mojo Story‘, led by senior journalist Barkha Dutt who termed the FIR a case of brazen “harassment and bullying”.

The case was registered at the Sadar Kotwali police station area in Unnao on Sunday against seven more Twitter accounts: Janjagran Live, Aazad Samaj Party spokesperson Suraj Kumar Boudh, Nilim Dutta, Vijay Ambedkar, Abhay Kumar Azad, Rahul Diwakar, Nawab Satpal Tanwar.

The FIR has been lodged for propagating “fake and misleading news” regarding the incident, Assistant Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar Pandey said on Monday.

Reacting to the FIR, Dutt said, “We’ve followed journalistic principles by reporting all sides of an evolving story. To use IPC sections that are punishable with prison is pure intimidation. I am very ready to fight it and face it in court.”

The ‘Mojo Story‘ editor alleged that the Unnao Police had refused to even give a copy of the FIR without which one cannot appeal for judicial intervention.

“Brazen Harassment and bullying,” she said. “Even more suspicious is how Unnao Police has clubbed us with a bunch of politicians.”

Three girls, aged 16, 15 and 14, had left home to bring fodder for cattle on Wednesday night. They were found lying in an agriculture field when they did not return home.

Local residents had rushed them to a hospital where two of them were declared brought dead. The third girl is presently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kanpur, police said.

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The last rites of the deceased girls were performed on Friday morning amid tight security arrangements.

The Unnao Police has held two people in this connection, accusing them of murder over one-sided love.

On Saturday, Congress leader Udit Raj was booked for alleging propagating fake news in a tweet that the teenagers were raped and their bodies cremated against the will of their family. (First Post)


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Several journalists have complained of receiving threatening calls and messages, including explicit pictures, on Twitter and WhatsApp over the weekend after they offered to help Kashmiris who were being harassed in some parts of the country in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack. Forty Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed in the suicide attack on a convoy.

Several Kashmiri students and residents were harassed and threatened following the terror attack, with many being asked to leave their colleges or vacate their homes. Download macos sierra app store.

On Sunday, journalist Barkha Dutt had tweeted that her “doors are open to any Kashmiris” who need help or feel vulnerable. “Those abusing and vilifying innocent citizens are sympathisers of terrorists in the garb of nationalists,” she said. “They are reading from a script of hate which is totally what Jaish wants.” Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Muhammad had claimed responsibility for the Pulwama terror strike.

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However, early on Monday, Dutt said that she had closed her direct messages on Twitter as an “abusive mob” was sending her messages. In another tweet, she said: “Deluged with WhatsApp [sic] messages since yesterday that are abusive and threatening. Seems an organized hate campaign against some of us. One sender confirms my mobile number being circulated in groups.”

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In a series of tweets, Dutt shared several phone numbers from which she received either abusive calls or messages. She tagged the Delhi Police and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the tweets warning the abusers of an FIR. She also shared images of unsolicited images that were sent to her on WhatsApp.

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Delhi Police official Madhur Verma assured Dutt that the matter will be investigated, while Carl Woog, the head of communications for WhatsApp, also offered help.

On Tuesday, Dutt said she had been locked out of her Twitter after she revealed names and phone numbers from which she had received abusive calls. In a letter to Twitter, Dutt said the social media site had encouraged sexual abuse and gender inequality. She said her complaints on abuse and harassment have never been addressed and that she would now pursue legal action.

Journalist Abhisar Sharma complained to the police in Madhya Pradesh and Mumbai about threats made to him and his family. Sharma also claimed that an “IT cell” had made his number public and shared it on WhatsApp groups, following which he was receiving abusive messages and calls.

He said the Madhya Pradesh Police had traced two men who had sent him abusive messages, threatening him and his family with rape and murder.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan also claimed that the BJP’s IT cell and its members had revealed his mobile number, along with those of journalists Ravish Kumar and Barkha Dutt, to troll, abuse and threaten them. “This is the culture promoted by the BJP,” Bhushan tweeted.

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Journalist Swati Chaturvedi also complained of being harassed on Twitter for criticising the Narendra Modi government in connection with the Pulwama terror attack.

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