Delhi Assembly Committee for Peace and Harmony receives 7,732 complaints in 2 weeks

New Delhi: The Delhi Legislative Assembly Committee for Peace and Harmony held its meeting on Tuesday at the Delhi Vidhan Sabha. The meeting was chaired by chairperson of the committee, Raghav Chadha. He said that the committee has received 7,732 complaints within two weeks of the launch of WhatsApp

number and e-mail id to check fake news and rumour mongering.

"Within two weeks, Peace and Harmony Committee has received 7,732 complaints through WhatsApp and e-mail id. 2,110 complaints have been screened till now,out of which 504 complaints were found to be inflammatory, provocative and incriminating in nature. We are examining all these complaints on a mission mode", said Chadha.

The committee also summoned 2 complainants and heard their submissions at length. After preliminary enquiry and their statements, a fit case for FIR was made out. Both the complainants also assured their support during the judicial process.

The MLA said: "The committee has decided in the coming time we will meet all the complainants and alleged offenders of the complaints containing hate contents. We assure that it is our responsibility to take every complaint with to its logical conclusion. The committee will ensure strong action against the offenders who spread such inflammatory messages."

Chadha added: "We have decided to bring IT experts, fact-checking websites and lawyers to check these contents. The Committe has instituted an award of Rs 10,000 to whistleblowers to check the spread of fake news."