BHOPAL: Bhopal Police warned on Friday that those booked for spreading rumours and communal hatred on social media will be banned from all social media platforms for a year and won’t be allowed to use even mobile phones and computers. This is the first time such action is being taken, additional commissioner Sachin Atulkar said. The police commissioner will soon issue the order to this effect, sources said.
The campaign is called ‘Operation Yatharth — Avoid Rumours, Live in Reality’. Five persons were issued notices under section 3 of National Security Act on Friday for allegedly spreading communal hatred on social media.
