STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Five persons have been detained for allegedly spreading rumours and promoting boycott of elections due in Jammu and Kashmir, on social networking sites and messaging applications, police said here on Saturday.
“Police have detained five (online) social network users for spreading rumours, exaggerating incidents and promoting poll boycott on social networking sites particularly Facebook and Whatsapp,” a police spokesman said.
The detainees were identified as Sajad Mir and Tabeeb Sheikh of Khanyar Srinagar, Shaukat Salafi of Naidkhai Bandipora and Zahid Hamid and Muneeb Farooq Wani of Hardpora Anantnag.