According to an Official, FIRs have been registered against seventeen organisations for allegedly spreading rumours about the fire in forests of Uttarakhand on social media.
Jai Raj, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCR), told the news agency that "Some people spread rumours on social media about the fire in forests of Uttarakhand. Pictures of fires of forest in other countries were shared. This is wrong & a criminal offence. We have registered FIRs against those 17 organisations under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) & IT Act 2017. Police are taking action".
Earlier, CM Trivendra Singh Rawat said that old pictures of forest fires in Chile & China are being circulated on social media platforms to claim that fire broke out in the forests of Uttarakhand.
On Wednesday, CM Rawat tweeted, "A misleading propaganda, using old pics of forest fires of 2016 & 2019 & that of forest fires in Chilean & Chinese forests, is raging on social media. I request everyone to not believe in such a motivated campaign. Fire incidents reported until yesterday is way less than previous years".
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