Srinagar: The cyber police of Kashmir on Saturday claimed to have taken cognisance of fake Facebook profiles created in the name of the inspector general of police Vijay Kumar.
In a statement issued here, a spokesperson said, “Taking cognisance of fake Facebook profiles created in the name of Shri Vijay Kumar IPS (IGP Kashmir), Cyber Police Kashmir have registered a case and started investigation,”
Adding that the fake Facebook accounts have been created by some “miscreants” containing pictures of IGP Kashmir Zone “with the mala-fide intention to cause mischief and cheat common masses by virtue of misrepresenting the Inspector General of Police,”
Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 19/2020 under relevant sections of law has been registered and further investigation going on.