Barpeta man held for 'hate speech' from hacked FB account

GUWAHATI: Assam Police prevented a communal flare-up in decrease Assam's Sorbhog space in Barpeta district, around 145 km from right here, on Sunday night time. A Facebook publish by means of one Ahedul Ali triggered massive public outrage within the night time, with a mob vandalizing Ali's farm animals store in Sorbhog marketplace and critical that the police hand him over to them. However, an investigation with the assistance of the police division's cyber mobile subsequently revealed that one Jyotish Nath had hacked into Ali's Facebook account to publish the 'hate speech'.
Barpeta Police mentioned, "It was a case of personal vendetta. Having some personal grudge against Ali, the accused hacked his Facebook account and posted slogans against Hinduism and pro-Pakistan slogans. Locals, believing Ali to have posted it, vandalized Ali's shop. But an investigation revealed that Ali doesn't even know how to use Facebook properly and his account had in fact been created by Nath earlier."

Both the accused and victim knew each and every different. After police picked up Nath, he confessed that he sought after to take revenge upon Ali as the latter had 'harm his non-public feelings' previous.


"Nath was the one who had created Ali's Facebook account almost a year ago and he remembered the password. So he thought this would be the easiest way to take out his vendetta," police added.


With the publishing of the general draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) slated for June 30, Assam Police were requested to keep an eagle eye on imaginable cases of rumour-mongering on social media platforms.


Additional DGP (special department) Pallab Bhattacharya mentioned, "Assam Police, in its ambitious plan of installing a cyberdome, is focused on cyber security in the state and stop all possible threats or rumour-mongering attempts on the internet, especially social media."


Fearing imaginable makes an attempt to create unrest by means of miscreants following the publishing of the general draft of NRC, Assam Police have already sought 150 additional firms of security forces from the Centre. A part draft of the NRC with names of 1.nine crore applicants used to be launched on December 31 closing 12 months, leaving out 1.39 crore applicants. As in line with the Supreme Court's route, the NRC authority will release the general draft of the remainder packages on June 30.
Barpeta man held for 'hate speech' from hacked FB account Barpeta man held for 'hate speech' from hacked FB account Reviewed by Kailash on June 06, 2018 Rating: 5
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