Chandigarh/Mohali:, March 25 -- The Cybercrime Cell of the Chandigarh Police on Monday registered an FIR in connection with a fake Instagram account of a government school reportedly used by students to post offensive content.

This comes a day after a Class 11 student of a government school in Chandigarh reportedly died by suicide at his house in Zirakpur on Saturday and his mother lodged a complaint with the Zirakpur police seeking action against a UT cop and the school authorities. A case was registered against unknown persons under Sections 61(2) of the BNS, 2023, and Sections 66C, 67, and 67A of the IT Act on Monday following a complaint by the school principal. The principal of the school said she had filed a complaint with cyber ce...