Police watch out for fake posts, cyber crime cell at it’s best to swipe out the hoax

A video of Kathmandu, Nepal, showing protesters demonstrating against the police in front of a herbal medicine manufacturing factory was being falsely circulated on social media as the “plight” of a community in Bengal.

A footage from Tilabazar in Unakoti district of Tripura of protests was falsely circulated as Murshidabad riots in Bengal.

Several such misinformation has been spotted in cyberspace, which the cyber crime cell of Bengal police is trying to verify and publish a rectification to curb the spread of false news.