An aeronautical engineer from Mumbai and a Delhi-based lawyer have come together to set up a group, which will monitor news reports and social media posts that are "biased and fake" and take necessary action.
The organisation, "India Against Bias Media" (IABM), has been formed by Vipul Saxena, an aeronautical engineer, and Vibhor Anand, a Supreme Court lawyer.
The group has been filing cases against disseminators of reports, which are aimed at, "destroying religious and social fabric of the country", Saxena said.
However, journalists expressed concern over the setting of the group, saying it may harass and intimidate scribes and social media users.
The duo had been working on the project for the last two years, but made a soft-launch of the forum on Twitter over a week ago.
Since then, they have filed almost two dozen cases, mainly of sedition, across the country against several people.
"We are getting full support from people of clean and responsible media and not going to deter from wrong doers. Either self regulate or we regulate them legally. We are teams of professionals from all domains backed by strong teams of lawyers across," Saxena tweeted yesterday.
The 54-year-old dismissed suggestions that his organisation was like a pressure group or a media watchdog and also denied any political affiliation.
"Our team of legal experts will deal with those who indulge in circulation of biased, fake, manipulated, morphed or doctored contents which could create social or religious disharmony, trigger riots or show disrespect to people on top constitutional posts like prime minister and president.