Lucknow: An FIR was yesterday registered here against social networking site Facebook on a complaint that claimed a group on the site exhorts people to slaughter cows, police said.
The site was booked under penal provisions and under the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, on the complaint filed by senior police officer Amitabh Thakur.
In his complaint filed at Gomtinagar police station, Thakur alleged that a Facebook group ‘Aao mil kar kaaten Gaay’ (Let us come together and slaughter cow) openly exhorted and glorified cow slaughter.
The first information report (FIR) was registered under Indian Penal Code’s sections dealing with provocation with intent to cause riot, public nuisance and intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace and Section 66A of the IT Act.
“It also uses filthy language against Hinduism and Islam and also against the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and Hindu deities. These words are of such a nature that they wantonly provoke with intent to cause riot and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony, and intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace,” the complainant told IANS.
Thakur said that in the past he had registered four more FIRs of similar nature but since no action was taken in these cases, such incidents were being repeated.
The complaint said Facebook Inc was criminally liable because it had not taken due precaution as warranted under Section 79 of the IT Act, despite repeated directions.
IANS
