Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Unnao Police has lodged an FIR against eight Twitter handles and its user on charges of spreading misleading information in connection with the recovery of the bodies of two minor girls in Baburha village of the district.
The Twitter handles include @themojostory which is run by senior journalist Barkha Dutt, @BhimSenaChief run by Nawab Satpal Tanwar, @NilimDutta, @janjagranlive, @SurajKrBaudh spokesperson, Azad Samaj Party), @vijayambedkarUP, Abhaykumarazad97, and @Rahuldiwkr.
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh working vigorously to crackdown on social media offenders regarding this incident. Earlier Udit Raj, former MP and Congress leader had been booked by Unnao police for allegedly spreading misinformation through his Twitter account.
According to the Unnao police, these eight Twitter users had tweeted that two minors who were found dead in the fields were sexually assaulted. And their last rites were performed against the wish of their families.
Later, the Twitter users were booked under the charges of spreading rumors to cause riots, and under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.
Anand Kulkarni, the Superintendent of Police stated that all those who are misleading the information and creating disharmony through social media platforms will be punished. They have lodged the FIR and will also conduct an inquiry into the tweets. He even said that that fake information was spread intentionally to depreciate the ruling government and disturb the general law and order.
After the police issued the statement that the post mortem report did not confirm rape some of the tweets and updates were removed. The report clearly stated that there was no sexual assault and injuries on the victim’s bodies. Even the police also cleared that neither the police nor the administration was trying to conduct the last rites of the two girls. The family informed the police that some of their relatives will arrive from Surat and then they would perform the last rites of both the girls.
News Source – IANS
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