Mangaluru lynching: Cops file three cases over fake social media posts

MANGALURU: Mangaluru City Police registered three cases over the circulation of fake and inflammatory content on social media with an intent to incite unrest in the coastal city in connection with the recent mob lynching of Ashraf in Kudupu.

Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal said that misleading information was being circulated on social media. “With an intention to create unrest and disrupt communal harmony, certain individuals and groups have spread fake news and provocative content.