Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 2: Bahu Fort police have booked some taxi drivers here for allegedly circulating a false social media post, claiming occurrence of stone pelting on Amarnath pilgrims and scaring them.
As per police spokesman, the taxi drivers of two different groups have been booked for depicting the broken and damaged window panes of their taxis as having been caused due to stone-pelting on pilgrims.
He said a travel agency operating near Jammu Railway Station had hired some taxis from outside the State to ferry Amarnath pilgrims, irritating the local taxi operators and leading to a clash between the two groups yesterday.
He said the window panes of several taxis were damaged in the clash. The situation, however, took an ugly turn when some taxi drivers, with the intention to settle personal scores, posted fake information on social media claiming stone-pelting attack on Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu and causing fear among the pilgrims, the spokesman added.
The official said an FIR Number 173/18 under Sections 147, 427 and 505 RPC and 2/22 Tourist Trading Act was registered against both the parties and the persons who have posted “concocted and baseless” information on the social media and investigation started.
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