Hyderabad: The Telangana state police is launching criminal proceedings against those who had killed two persons after rumors on the social media of an inter-state gang of kidnappers on the prowl to lift children.
The Director General of Police M. Mahender Reddy said on Wednesday that no inter-state gang is active in the state. He said that the messages circulated in the social media were rumors, and requested the citizens not to take the law in their own hands and attack the innocent people. The DGP expressed concern over the killing of two people in separate incidents in Bhimgam Nagar of Nizamabad and in Bibinagar of Yadadri district.
That In both cases, the victims were innocent and were not related to any gang. When they were caught by local people and asked, they could not give satisfactory answers and were killed, he said there was no report of the gang being active in the state; if there were gangs then the police was able to catch them, said DGP.
The DGP Mr. Mahender Reddy warned of strong action against those who spread rumors through social media and those who pursue such rumors through Whatsapp and Facebook. DGP requested the citizens to inform the police on dial -100 if they got any doubt or found anyone suspicious.
In order to build trust among the people, the police have asked their personnel to patrol in remote areas. The police also asked the field level officers to keep mentally and physically handicapped persons and beggars in villages or divisions and shift them to safety and security.