Police to bring law soon to cap dissemination of sensitive content on social media: DGP RR Swain on NIT row

Director General of Police (DGP) RR Swain on Thursday said that Police has decided to bring a law under 144 CrPC aimed to cap dissemination of sensitive content on social media platforms that hurts religious sentiments of communities. He said Police has taken strong cognizance of NIT incident and in future any such incident will too be dealt sternly.

DGP Swain as per Kashmir News Service (KNS) in a hurriedly press conference at Jammu said Police will bring a law soon to stop usage of sensitive content on social media. “A law will come up soon and it has been decided to stop sensitive content on social media be it in the form of message, audio or video. We will not allow it and whosoever would be found involved in such actions would be taken to task sternly,” DGP Swain said.

He was speaking on NIT Srinagar row where a non-local student had uploaded a derogatory video against Prophet Muhammad (SAW) on social media which led wide criticism and outrage from public circles. “J&K Police respects the dignity of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) undoubtedly. We can’t tolerate any disrespect in this regard. Also we want to clarify that miscreants won’t be allowed to exploit the situation and take law in hands,” DGP Swain said.

“We have taken swift action against the person who made derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad (SAW) and we will not tolerate such remarks against such a great personality. Such acts are beyond tolerance and with these acts we will not let vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in J&K,” he said. He added as soon as we got this information, we took cognisance in no time and filed FIR against the person.

DGP appealed to students to concentrate on their studies and don’t indulge in such (violent) activities. We also appeal to the people to help us to maintain law and order. “We warn those elements who want to take advantage of these situations to derail peace in Jammu and Kashmir. Police as well as people in general need to be alert at this juncture,” he added.

“Regarding the use of social media, we also warn those elements who try to spread misinformation. We have enacted a law through which strictest action will be taken against those who spread misinformation on social media. In coming days, we are going to launch awareness campaign about this law so that people indulging in such activities refrain themselves and help us maintain the peaceful atmosphere prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir,” DGP RR Swain held. (KNS)