J&K EMPLOYEE BOOKED FOR SPREADING ‘PROPAGANDA’

SRINAGAR: Police on Friday booked a government employee for spreading ‘false propaganda’ against the government and ‘creating a fake narrative’.

The accused, Tahir Nazir Shalla, who was employed at the education department (higher education), was booked for violating the social media policy for government employees, a police spokesperson said.

“Shalla was running an antinational campaign on social media and tried to create an untrue and fake narrative,” the spokesperson said.

“The accused was circulating seditious and provocative posts through his social media accounts, which was highly prejudicial to maintenance of law and order,’’ the police said.

“Investigations are on to identify other persons involved in similar anti-state campaigns on social media and spreading false propaganda,’’ police said.

The accused was booked under sections of the IT Act.