Maharashtra cyber cell identifies ‘17 social media trends’ related to Nupur Sharma in last 4 days

PUNE The Maharashtra cyber police are on alert in the wake of the killing of a pharmacist in Amravati and tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur over their support to suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson, Nupur Sharma. The state cyber police have identified 17 trends related to Sharma in the last four days, out of which action has been taken against three.

According to the Maharashtra cyber police, these trends are intended to disrupt law and order and spread religious hatred and communal disharmony. While the cyber police have asked intermediaries to remove all 17 trends, three of them have been removed, informed Maharashtra Cyber Cell superintendent of police (SP) Sanjay Shintre.

Speaking to Hindustan Times, Shintre said, “In the last four days, we have identified 17 trends related to Sharma. Immediately after, we’ve started serving notices to intermediaries about the possibility of communal disharmony through such trends.