Government files FIR against misinformation spreaders
Delhi Police on Friday registered an FIR following a complaint by the Directorate of Education (DoE), flagging the alleged misinformation being spread on social media over a circular to appoint nodal officers for matters related to stray dogs.
Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood said the Government decided to act against the “false information” being spread on the issue by Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal. Accordingly, the Directorate of Education (DoE) filed a formal complaint with the police, demanding legal action into the matter.
The FIR has been registered under Sections 353 (1) (making, publishing or circulating any statement, false information, rumour, or report, including through electronic means) and 192 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot, if rioting be committed) of the BNS, officials said.
Addressing a press conference, Sood said that AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal himself is spreading false propaganda against the Delhi Government. He will have to answer to the people of Delhi and publicly apologise for his lies. The Delhi Government will no longer tolerate this kind of ‘shoot and scoot’ politics.
The Education Minister said that the Delhi Government has decided to take effective steps against the misleading and false campaign being run by the Aam Aadmi Party, and the law is taking its due course. He said that fake news and misinformation being spread through social media regarding teachers by AAP leaders, especially its national convener Shri Arvind Kejriwal, are completely false.
Sood said Kejriwal had earlier posted a message on social media claiming that Delhi’s teachers were being asked to count stray dogs instead of teaching children. “A police complaint was lodged on Thursday regarding the tweet,” he said.
Alleging that AAP leaders were deliberately misleading the public, Sood said the party would start portraying itself as a victim after the filing of the FIR.
The complaint submitted at the Civil Lines police station said there is “circulation of false, misleading and malicious information on social media platforms by unknown/mischievous persons regarding an alleged direction that school teachers are required to count stray dogs.”
