JAMMU, Nov 30: Director General of Police (DGP) for Jammu and Kashmir, RR Swain, stated on Thursday that social media posts, texts, and videos that could incite violent protests, disturb the peace, or encourage terrorism and separatism will be met with legal action. He quickly added that in an effort to undermine peace and incite violence, J&K police had a duty to make sure that no one attempted to denigrate Prophet Muhammad (SAW) or any other religious community or group. In an interview with reporters in Jammu, DGP Swain stated that he spoke with senior police officers about the situation in Kashmir against the backdrop of a disparaging video that the NIT student had shared on social media.“Police will apprehend the anti-social elements, anti-peace elements, and vested interests working on some backdoor agenda after proper investigations,” he said. “Any sort of objectionable video, messages, texts, or posts having potential to disrupt peace, vitiate communal frenzy, trigger violence, street protests, promote terrorism and separatists will be strictly dealt as per the law.” He advised anyone who receives texts or recordings that might be used to disturb the peace to get in touch with the relevant police station as once. The DGP declared, “The person shouldn’t be involved in the dissemination of the text or video that can promote communal harmony and disturb the peace.”When asked if political groups that are claimed to seek to incite unrest will face consequences, the DGP responded, “J&K police is the custodian of Law.” The legal system would function in such a way that political leaders would be held accountable if a specific action was taken on purpose with malevolent intent and resulted in attacks, property loss, or casualties. According to him, law enforcement officials honour Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and have a duty to ensure that no one disrespects the Prophet (SAW). “No factor will be permitted to undermine the intercommunal harmony that Kashmir has long been recognised for.” No one must be permitted to do harm or show disrespect to any faith community,” he declared. In response to a question about potential consequences for the NIT student, the DGP stated, “The law will take its own course.”
