Summary:
There needs to be awareness on scrutinising these messages, while the police should counter these messages online too,” he said. However, on the larger issue of curbing the spread of rumours online, Mr.
Vijayashankar said the government or laws could do little. “All the messages are fake and no case of any gang that abducts children has been registered in Bengaluru. Mr.
Suneel Kumar said cases would be filed against those who were forwarding these messages, and this would serve as a deterrent. N.
Vijayashankar, a city-based cyberlaw specialist, said tracing the origin of such messages was “tedious, but not impossible”..