Delhi Police registered four FIRs over fake online posts circulated since October 10, with Pakistan-based social media handles under scrutiny following a curtailed youth-led protest.
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Delhi Police registered four FIRs over fake online posts since October 10, coinciding with a curtailed protest by the Cockroach Janta Party.
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Tuesday registered four FIRs over allegedly fake online posts circulated since October 10, while social media handles based in Pakistan remain under scrutiny as part of the investigation, news agency PTI reported.
October 10 was the scheduled date for a protest by the youth-led pressure group Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which had planned to demand the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Election Commission's conduct of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
However, a crackdown by the Centre largely curtailed the protest, with more than 7,000 people detained across Delhi. Those detained included members of the CJP's core team and several political leaders, among them four former chief ministers: Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, Pinarayi Vijayan and Manik Sarkar.

Three cousins from Vadsma village in Gujarat's Mehsana district fell into the clutches of kidnappers in Ethiopia while traveling to the US illegally. The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore, however, local authorities have rescued them safely.

Police have arrested four people associated with Hindu Raksha Dal in connection with the assault on people protesting in Delhi demanding the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner. The police took suo motu cognizance after the video of the incident went viral on social media.
Delhi Police released a video asserting that CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke was informed of his grandmother's death while in custody and offered travel aid, which he declined. Dipke disputes the narrative, citing denial of phone access and questioning his initial detention.
Delhi Police have issued notices to Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders following a Delhi High Court directive regarding a case of alleged digital morphing and circulation of objectionable images featuring a woman and the Prime Minister.
A five-year-old girl, Aurelia, was kidnapped and murdered in a gated community in Bollaram, Hyderabad. The suspect, a recently dismissed security guard named Vikram, demanded a ransom before killing the child and hiding her body in a water sump.

Cockroach Janata Party founders Abhijit Deepke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were detained by Delhi Police inside the plane at Delhi airport ahead of the proposed protest at Jantar Mantar. Later he was produced before the magistrate and released.