IGP Chandra Kishore Mina By Dheeraj Fartode Chandra Kishore Mina, an IPS officer of the 2006 batch, has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Currently serving as Special Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Mina has held several important positions in Nagpur and the Vidarbha region. While serving as ASP in Gadchiroli, Mina led a successful anti-Naxal operation in 2009, which resulted in the Petha encounter, weakening the Naxal movement. This operation earned him the DG Insignia. As SP in Akola and Nanded, Mina used innovative methods to maintain communal harmony and resolve tensions effectively. He uncovered a state-wide kidney transplant racket in Akola and, as DCP in Nagpur, dismantled organized crime syndicates through MCOCA and MPDA cases. In Nanded, Mina detected a recruitment scam that affected the entire state. His technological skills were evident when he implemented the court monitoring system in Akola. As DCP in M...
Tightening noose against fake news spreaders on social media, the Maharashtra cyber have registered 36 First Investigation Reports (FIRs). Of them, 20 FIRs were registered for spreading fake news on WhatsApp alone showing the platform is more popular among the rumour mongers leaving behind Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has recently instructed State police and Maharashtra Cyber to initiate stringent action against rumour mongers so that people would not be scared through such fake news.
Maharashtra Cyber on Saturday released statistics about spread of fake news and action taken by the state police. As per the report, three FIRs were registered for spreading fake news on Facebook while two were registered for tweeting fake news on Twitter. One was registered against Tik Tok user and 10 cases registered against users of other platforms.
Balsingh Rajput, Superintendent of Police (SP), Maharashtra Cyber, said that the FIRs were registered after receiving complaints from citizens. “These FIRs were especially registered for spreading face news about coronavirus by rumour mongers,” he said. After receiving the complaints, immediate investigation was conducted by the Maharashtra cyber, he added.
According to statistics, highest five FIRs were registered by Beed cyber police, followed by Kolhapur cyber police with four cases, three each by Bhandara, Gondia and Nanded cyber police. Nagpur, Akola, Chandrapur, Wardha, Solapur, Nashik and Sangli cyber police have registered one FIR each so far.
It may be mentioned here that Dr. Dilip Pandharpatte, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Maharashtra Cyber, issued an advisory to all police units recently. “Malicious element are spreading fake news and vicious rumours regarding COVID-19 pandemic on on-line communication including channel, internet and social media causing panic, commit crime and disturb the public order in the State,” stated the IGP in the advisory and added that it was the duty of every citizen to be responsible with what they share on social media.
“If it comes to your notice about any person/organisation involved in spreading/creating/publishing rumours/fake news or misinformation on any forms of media or messaging platform, report it to the nearest police station/cyber police station or lodge complaint at www.cybercrime.gov.in,” said SP Dr. Rajput.
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