Updated Feb 22, 2021 | 23:59 IST
The Twitter handles include news portal Mojo Story , led by senior journalist Barkha Dutt who termed the FIR a case of brazen harassment and bullying . Anand Kulkarni, Unnao Superintendent of Police | Photo Credit: ANI
Unnao: An FIR has been lodged against eight Twitter handles for allegedly propagating fake news in connection with the death of two girls here last week, police said on Monday.
The Twitter handles include news portal Mojo Story , led by senior journalist Barkha Dutt who termed the FIR a case of brazen harassment and bullying .
The case was registered at the Sadar Kotwali police station area in Unnao on Sunday against seven more Twitter accounts: Janjagran Live, Aazad Samaj Party spokesperson Suraj Kumar Boudh, Nilim Dutta, Vijay Ambedkar, Abhay Kumar Azad, Rahul Diwakar, Nawab Satpal Tanwar.
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Unnao girls laid to rest in their family field
The last rites of two teenage girls, found dead in an agriculture field in Babuhara village of Asoha police station area, were performed here on Friday morning amid tight security arrangements. Three girls aged 16, 15 and 14 were found in a field by the villagers on Wednesday night when they did not return after leaving their house to take fodder for cattle.
The local residents had rushed the teenagers, who are all related to each other, to a hospital where two of them were declared brought dead. The 16-year-old girl was rushed to a district hospital and later referred to a Kanpur healthcare facility where she is presently undergoing treatment, police said.
Updated Feb 19, 2021 | 10:33 IST
Accusing police officials of trying to cover up the matter, the relatives of the girls demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged poisoning of three girls in Asoha village of Unnao. The local residents have also accused the police officials of trying to cover up the incident. | Photo Credit: ANI
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Uttar Pradesh police filed a case of murder and concealment of evidence against unidentified persons
The family demanded a CBI probe into the matter indicating they don t have faith in UP police probe
Unnao: The relatives of three Dalit girls, who were found poisoned at a field in Asoha village of Unnao, have demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter. The last rites of the two victims will be performed today (Friday). Earlier, the relatives and villagers had refused to allow officials to bury the bodies of the two victims.
Unnao case update: Two Dalit girls died in Unnao after they went to the fields to collect fodder while a third girl is battling for life. The three minors were suspected to have been poisoned.