Cyber Police Kashmir issued a warning to social media customers towards sharing content material that will incite communal or sectarian tensions within the area within the wake of latest killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon.
In an advisory posted on X (previously Twitter), the Cyber Police highlighted their concern over the proliferation of inflammatory posts that threaten the longstanding communal concord within the valley.”We urge everybody to chorus from posting or partaking in such divisive content material,” the assertion learn.
They additional warned that people discovered answerable for sharing or selling provocative materials may face strict authorized penalties below related legal guidelines.
The advisory comes amid stories of spontaneous protests occurring in Shia-dominated areas of Srinagar and Budgam shortly after Nasrallah’s dying. Whereas these demonstrations have remained peaceable so far, authorities are vigilant concerning the potential for social media to exacerbate tensions.
Outstanding political figures have additionally expressed solidarity with chief of the Individuals’s Democratic Celebration Mehbooba Mufti asserting on X that she would droop her marketing campaign for the continuing Jammu & Kashmir meeting elections for a day in “honor of the martyrs of Lebanon and Gaza, notably in remembrance of Nasrallah”.
BJP launched a pointy critique at Mufti for canceling her ballot marketing campaign in response to the dying of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, accusing her of “votebank politics” and being “pro-militant.”
Former deputy chief minister and BJP chief Kavinder Gupta too, questioned her sympathy for Nasrallah. “What drawback does Mehbooba Mufti have with the dying of terrorist Nasrallah? When Hindus are killed in Bangladesh and Pakistan, there’s a grave silence from them,” he stated.
Hassan Nasrallah, who led Hezbollah since 1992, was identified for remodeling the group right into a formidable army and political drive within the Center East. His dying marks a major second within the ongoing battle within the area, prompting heightened feelings and responses from numerous communities.
