A First Information Report was lodged at Ormanjhi Police Station in the Capital city on Monday after someone posted fake news of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s death in a WhatsApp group. Police said that the matter will be investigated on rumours of the Prime Minister’s death spread in a WhatsApp group in the State Capital. One Dilip Mehta has lodged an FIR at the Ormanjhi Police Station.
Oramanjhi Police Station in-Charge Rajiv Kumar Singh said that there was a complaint against a particular WhatsApp group about the death of the Prime Minister. The Police Station Incharge said that police will investigate the matter as the matter is concerned to death of the Prime Minister in a media group, he added.
On this matter, BJP State General Secretary Aditya Sahu said that some people are troubled by the increasing stature of the messiah of the poor. “Such people are misleading other people. Such videos work to spread hatred in the society. Strict action should be taken against those spreading such rumours. Such people should be behind bars,” he added.
Sahu vociferously demanded the administration to take strict action against the administrator of the WhatsApp group and the person who posted the video. He said that if action is not taken in the matter soon, the BJP will be forced to agitate.
According to the FIR lodged, someone made a fake video of the PM's death and put it in a WhatsApp group named Media Professional. Dilip Mehta has demanded to investigate the matter and take legal action against the guilty person.