Delhi Police: Delhi Police writes to social media platforms for details of offensive content
Delhi Police is collecting unedited content from tweets and posts.
The IFSO named up to 31 people in its two FIRs on Wednesday, however, no summons has been issued to any of the appointees so far.
The development came amid nationwide protests over controversial statements by suspended Bharatiya Janata party leader Nupur Sharma and expelled leader Naveen Jindal.
Recently, in a bid to tackle lies and misinformation on social media, the Delhi Police IFSO unit filed a complaint against several people including Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal under various provisions for release hate messages, incitement to groups and creating a harmful atmosphere. maintaining public tranquility, said the FIR recorded on Wednesday.
Some of the names included in the FIR were Nupur Sharma, Naveen Kumar Jindal, Shadab Chauhan, Saba Naqvi, Maulana Mufti Nadeem, Abdur Rehman, Gulzar Ansari, Anil Kumar Meena and Pooja Shakun, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi, Swami Yati Narasimhananda among others.
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