Lahore One of Court The latest in Britain on Monday Riots Farhan Asif, a Pakistani citizen who faced the charge of spreading false information in the context of
Violent protests and riots were made by the citizens due to fake news in the UK in recent days, after which many of the people involved were arrested by the British police, while last week Farhan Asif was detained from Lahore for allegedly spreading fake news. He was handed over to the Federal Investigation Agency.
According to the American news organization Associated Press, after the hearing on Monday, the judge ordered the release of Farhan Asif.
Farhan told the judge that he had deleted his post on social media only six hours after he realized that the news was fake.
Later, defense lawyer Rana Rizwan told reporters that the FIA told the judge that they had no evidence to prove that they had committed the crime of intentionally spreading false information.
The Federal Investigation Agency accused Farhan Asif of spreading false information on YouTube and Facebook about a suspect in a July 29 stabbing at a dance class in northwest England.
DIG Operations Lahore Police Faisal Kamran while talking to Independent Urdu on Tuesday said that ‘Farhan Asif was arrested by the police from the defense.
The police officer said that he (Farhan Faisal) is accused of working in a Pakistani website that is running news about the identity of the killer of three girls in the UK. They also have a role in running this news.
According to DIG, Farhan Asif was handed over to FIA for further investigation.
Farhan Asif had said in a conversation with the media after the events in Britain that ‘wrong news was run on our side which should not have been run. But the entire responsibility for this matter cannot be put on a small news website.’
According to the British authorities, fake news played a central role in making the protests in the UK violent in recent days. A news platform spreading fake news is also being run from Lahore, Pakistan.
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According to British media, a man attacked a dance school in Southport last month, as a result of which three girls died while 10 people, including eight girls, were injured.
Although the assailant managed to escape from the spot, the police later arrested him for murder.
According to the British police, the age of the attacker is 17 years, due to which his identity cannot be disclosed.
After the incident, rumors spread in the UK that the attacker was a Muslim and several websites also claimed to reveal the identity of the accused.
After which protests against Muslim refugees started across the UK and dozens of people including police officers were injured in the clashes.
The protests that started after the Southport attack were fueled by fake news spread on social media and a news website ‘Channel 3 Now’ was involved in spreading the fake news.
During the investigation, people working for this news website were found who belong to different countries of the world.
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2024-08-27 11:59:13
