Mela cops file FIR, tighten security after social media post threatens blast at Mahakumbh
New Indian ExpressLUCKNOW: With just 12 days left for the Mahakumbh-2025 in Prayagraj, a post emerged on social media on Tuesday evening to execute a blast in mela. Mela police registered an FIR against a man under Section 351 and 352 of Bharatiya Nyay Samhita and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act with Mela Kotwali police station. Following the incident, joint teams of Mela police and cyber sleuths started tracking the post being uploaded on social media after registering an FIR regarding the threat to Mahakumbh. The SSP added that the joint teams of mela police and cyber crime wing were tasked to track the origin of the post wherein a man named Nasar Pathan used derogatory remarks against a particular community, threatening to kill at least 1,000 devotees in Mahakumbh by triggering a blast.
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