FIR against 6 people, two news portals over ‘false information’

THE FIR WAS LODGED AT THE KOTWALI POLICE STATION AND THE ACCUSED WERE BOOKED UNDER SECTION 153 OF IPC AND IT ACT.

LUCKNOW: The Unnao police filed an FIR on Sunday against six people and two news portals for allegedly tweeting false information in connection with the death of two teenage girls.

In a press release, the police identified the accused as Nilim Dutta, Abhay Kumar Azad, Suraj Kumar Baudh, Rahul Kumar Diwakar, Nawab Satpal Tanvar and Vijay Ambedkar, along with two news portals. “These individuals claimed that the girls were raped, and their last rites were performed against the will of their family members. This information is false. The postmortem report has shown that the girls were not raped. Further, their last rites were performed by their family,” the police said.

Three girls were found in a field on February 17. Two later died of poisoning, while another is undergoing treatment.

It added that false information was shared with an intention to spread hatred and communal tension. The accused have been booked under Section 153 (giving provocation with intent to cause riots) and the IT Act.

Earlier on Saturday, the two people held in connection with the death of the two girls were sent to 14-days’ judicial custody by a court. One of the accused, who was said to be a minor, had been found to be major following the examination of his Aadhaar card. Police had also said the matter was a fallout of a “one-side” love affair.

“The accused gave some pesticide with water to the three girls,” Lucknow Range IG Laxmi Singh had said on Friday.