{"id":987303,"date":"2021-11-08T23:44:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T04:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=987303"},"modified":"2021-11-08T23:44:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T04:44:12","slug":"indian-police-seek-100-twitter-users-for-inciting-anti-islam-mobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indian-police-seek-100-twitter-users-for-inciting-anti-islam-mobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Police Seek 100+ Twitter Users for Inciting Anti-Islam Mobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findian-police-seek-100-twitter-users-for-inciting-anti-islam-mobs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=987303&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Police in India\u2019s northeastern Tripura state have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/tripura-violence-102-twitter-accounts-booked-under-uapa-for-spreading-fake-news-101636199374827.html\">launched<\/a> criminal cases against 102 Twitter account holders for allegedly \u201cspreading fake and distorted information\u201d that police say incited mob attacks on local buildings affiliated with Muslim residents in October, Asian News International (ANI) reported Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTripura Police have taken up a case against a total of 102 Twitter accounts under [India\u2019s] Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for spreading fake and distorted information related to the recent violence that took place at Panisagar North Tripura,\u201d Jyotishman Das Choudhary, a spokesman for the Tripura State Police, told ANI on November 6.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_16644980\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/05\/wi\/ap\/27\/india-twitter-april-26-2017-file-photo-twitter-app-icon-mobile-phone-philadelphia-twitter-thur.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16644980 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/india-twitter-april-26-2017-file-photo-twitter-app-icon-mobile-phone-philadelphia-twitter-thur-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Twitter app icon on a mobile phone. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe case which was earlier investigated by police is now transferred to the Crime Branch division of Tripura police. The police have been trying to trace the handlers of the accounts,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country, on three sides. Anti-Hindu mob violence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/10\/19\/bangladesh-muslim-mobs-kill-six-over-alleged-quran-desecration\/\">began<\/a>&nbsp;in Bangladesh around October 15 after images circulated on social media allegedly depicting the desecration of Islam\u2019s holy book, the Quran, at a recent Hindu festival celebration in Cumilla, an eastern Bangladeshi city. Cumilla is located just three miles from India\u2019s Tripura state. Bangladesh\u2019s week-long wave of anti-Hindu mob violence saw Muslims attack and burn Hindu temples as well as dozens of homes, farms, shops, and automobiles associated with Hindu minorities. The mobs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bdnews24.com\/bangladesh\/2021\/10\/22\/cumilla-hindu-temple-attack-victim-dies-in-dhaka\">killed<\/a> at least eight people and forced the Bangladeshi government to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/10\/21\/bangladesh-deadly-attacks-hindu-festival\">deploy<\/a> special paramilitary units to over 35 districts in a bid to quell the rioters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18661898\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235891552.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18661898 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235891552-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters pelt stones towards police amid tear gas during a demonstration after the Friday prayers near a mosque in Dhaka on October 15, 2021, as protests began on October 13 after footage emerged of a Koran being placed on the knee of a figure of a Hindu god during celebrations for the Hindu festival of Durga Puja. (Photo by Munir Uz zaman \/ AFP) (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Protesters pelt stones towards police amid tear gas during a demonstration after the Friday prayers near a mosque in Dhaka on October 15, 2021, as protests began on October 13 after footage emerged of a Koran being placed on the knee of a figure of a Hindu god during celebrations for the Hindu festival of Durga Puja. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The interreligious tension subsequently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/oct\/31\/hindu-muslim-violence-crosses-border-from-bangladesh-to-india\">spilled<\/a> onto the Tripura side of the border. Hindu advocates in the state staged protests to denounce Bangladesh\u2019s anti-Hindu violence from about October 21 to October 26. The rallies were led by Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), a right-wing Hindu organization in India, and led to some mob violence against Muslim-affiliated sites in Tripura over the course of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Tripura State Police said certain social media users used the pro-Hindu rallies to instigate further anti-Muslim mob violence in Tripura in the aftermath of the protests. The alleged perpetrators reportedly posted fake depictions of the state, falsely implying that it was under siege by Hindu radicals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe accounts identified were spreading rumors, fake news, fake videos and fake photographs that were not even linked to Tripura,\u201d a senior police officer in the state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/india-hunts-fake-news-spreaders-after-anti-muslim-attacks-\/6303279.html\">told<\/a> Agence France Presse (AFP) on November 7. The police officer spoke to the news agency on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is still too early, but everyone will be identified and arrested for such fabrications,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Tripura State Police released a report to Indian media on November 6 identifying 102 social media posts it said were \u201cpublished by \u2018unknown miscreants\u2019 to provoke conflict between \u2018people of differing religious communities,&#8217;\u201d according to AFP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocal media reports said police had written to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to demand the posts be removed,\u201d the news agency noted.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the social media posts in question had been removed by November 6, according to AFP, which added that it \u201ccould not determine their content.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in India\u2019s northeastern Tripura state have launched criminal cases against 102 Twitter account holders for allegedly \u201cspreading fake and distorted information\u201d that police say incited mob attacks on local &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}