Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Dec 30: The police have registered criminal cases against a number of people for spreading hateful messages through social media and vitiating communal harmony. They have been served with notices for holding inquiry.

After the recent disturbances in the city, social websites were agog with inciting and provocative information and messages. City police commissioner Dr P S Harsha, taking serious view of this development, had ordered investigation by the cybercrime police into it. During investigation, some of the people involved have been identified and they have been asked to be personally present for questioning.

Police commissioner Dr P S Harsha

In a number of cases, notices have been sent to the admins of certain groups in which false information and provocative materials were exchanged or spread. Cases have been registered against such admins. Once the cyber police complete the investigation, more people are likely to face the heat.

The city police commissioner has asked people not to spread hatred, provocative material or false information through social websites as they can result in far reaching consequences.