Jammu, May 31 -- In a swift and decisive action, Srinagar Police busted an online fraud racket involving a fake medical donation appeal on social media platform ( Facebook ).

On 30th May 2025, Police Station Nowhatta received a written complaint from Muneer Ahmad Misger son of Mohammad Sadiq Misger resident of Mughal Masjid, Nowhatta, stating therein that an unidentified journalist had uploaded a photograph of his sister on Facebook with a fabricated story to appeal for public donations for a surgery that never occurred. The act, carried out with malicious intent, amounted to cheating and exploitation.

Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 21/2025 was registered under sections 318(2) and 319(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and invest...