Strict action for indulging in hate mongering on social media: DC Hailakandi

April 2: Deputy Commissioner, Keerthi Jalli said instruction has been given to the police to take strict action against any government employee who indulges in hate mongering on social media. She warned one and all not to undertake any such activities. Superintendent of Police, Pabindra Kumar Nath said, “We are contemplating to register cases and to arrest trouble mongers including government employees who are spreading hate speeches and contents through social media. We are going to be very harsh in this respect. Public should be careful of such misadventure,” he warned. The administration is monitoring social media activities at the highest levels of Intelligence and warned the hate-mongers to be beware of it.

The district police firmly enforced the lockdown with 65 vehicles seized and 22 violators arrested. Six cases have also been registered against violators together with Rs 21,000 fines realized. A grocery shop owner was arrested on Wednesday late evening for keeping his shop beyond the prescribed time limit. Trade license of a fair price shop agent under Matijuri GPSS Limited has been cancelled for non-distribution of goods under NFSA for February and March on Thursday. Earlier, trade license of two numbers of fair price shops have been terminated for gross anomalies.

The district police has set up helpline numbers 9864609954 and 03844-222580 to report on any matters relating to novel Coronavirus and lodging of complaints against lockdown violations.