New Delhi, Jan. 2 -- The Delhi government on Thursday filed a police complaint alleging a malicious social media campaign falsely claiming it ordered school teachers to count stray dogs, calling the narrative fabricated and intended to cause panic.

In a complaint to the Civil Lines police station, a copy of which HT has accessed, the Delhi government's Department of Education (DoE) stated that the "false, misleading and malicious information" was circulated.

The information was shared with the intent to cause "confusion and panic among teachers and school staff, damage to the reputation of the education department and disruption of public order and trust in government institutions", it added.

No first information report has been regist...