MEERUT, Feb. 19 -- Sambhal police have registered an FIR and launched a search for an unidentified social media user accused of posting content aimed at disturbing communal harmony in the district. The post allegedly blamed the police for the killing of five Muslim youths during a survey at the Shahi Jama Masjid in November last year.

As per the FIR (first information report) filed on February 15 at the cyber crime police station, the post included a video depicting police firing, with a mosque in the background, and issued threats of revenge. The case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 351(2) (criminal intimidation) and 353(2) (statements conducing to public mischief).

Cyber crime officials are working to ...