Yogesh K Porwar
The High grounds police on Wednesday registered an FIR against state BJP IT and Social Media Cell for posting defamatory content against leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi .
Based on the complaint,the police charged the members of the IT cell under section 196 (promotion of enmity between different groups on grounds like religion,race, place of birth,residence,language) and 353 (2) ( public mischief through misinformation) of BNS
CM Dhananjaya,spokesperson and chairman of KPCC legal and human resources department said that the BJP IT cell post on social media wrote on Rahul Gandhi’s foreign trip to link the brutal attack in pahalgam Srinagar.
This is not only intended to tanish the image of Rahul Gandhi but also to divert the attention and escape from their responsibility.
This will also create rift in the society which needs to be dealt with firmly, he added.
The police said that they will issue notice to the concerned to appear before the police for questioning.
