A retired Major of the Army was on Monday booked by theCyberabad Police here for allegedly posting fake news on a social mediaplatform, police said.
The Cyber Crime Police noticed that Twitter account holder”theskindoctor13″ created a fake news article by editing an old newsreport in an English daily as ‘Cyberabad Police Bans sale of Oranges in theCity’, an official release said.
The Twitter account holder also attached a morphed photo ofsenior police officers of the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate with the fakenews, it said.
“In the fake news/article it was mentioned that toboost secularism to the hilt, Cyberabad police banned the display, sale andconsumption of Oranges in the City as saffron colour of oranges is hurting thesentiments of the Muslims,” the release said.
As the post is likely to promote enmity between differentreligions and prejudicial to the maintenance of communal harmony, a criminalcase was registered against the retired army Major for posting the fake news,the Cyberabad Police said.
Cyberabad is one of the three Police Commissioneratescovering Hyderabad and its adjoining areas.