Dehradun, Aug. 31 -- Uttarakhand Police cracked down on anyone spreading rumours regarding the change of Chief Minister amidst disaster relief operations in the state, registering a case against three Facebook page operators for spreading misleading and false information on social media, according to an official statement from the police.

On Saturday, Dehradun Police registered a case against three Facebook page operators after the BJP Mahanagar President of Dehradun, Siddharth Agarwal, lodged a complaint regarding the rumours.

The statement mentioned that the complaint letter stated that the Bageshwar, Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, and Pithoragarh districts of the state are most affected by the disaster at present.

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