Fake News Control and Monitoring Cell which has been set up to track fake news, has held its maiden meeting on Saturday. The cell will look into the cases regarding fake news and review its status on regular basis.
Raipur Inspector General of Police Anand Chhabra is head of the Cell. Ex-officio secretary is Public Relations joint secretary Umesh Mishra.
The committee member are Senior Superintendent of Police Raipur Arif Sheikh, government advocate Anand Mohan Thakur, CEO, CHiPS Dev Senapati, journalists Avesh Tiwari and Rashmi Mishra.
The meeting discussed regarding stern action to be initiated to contain fake news along with as how to take legal actions along with accessibility for lodging complaints.
Public Relations joint secretary Umesh Mishra said, “Already there are existing laws. The committee will look into status of complaints registered with police station regarding fake news, if complaint was not lodged, probe has been conducted or not and will look into other initiatives.”
To facilitate, registration of complaints, the cell has issued an email fakenews.shikayat@gmail.com for registering the complaints. Any complaint can be sent directly to the committee in written format also.