NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police is investigating social media handles allegedly spreading rumours and inflammatory content during protests demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation in the national capital. The probe has traced the IP address of at least one suspicious handle to Pakistan, police said on Wednesday.Sanjay Bhatia, Additional Commissioner of Police in the Delhi Police’s Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit said that false claims about police action against demonstrators were circulated online to create panic and provoke unrest.The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit has a dedicated cyber patrolling team to monitor such content and verify its authenticity, Bhatia told ANI, outlining the police's response to misleading posts."Delhi Police’s IFSO unit has a dedicated cyber patrolling team that monitors such posts to verify their authenticity and compliance with legal provisions. If we find a post to be factually incorrect, false, a rumor, a threat to public order, defamatory, or likely to incite anarchy, we take action in accordance with the law," he said.Bhatia said the investigation into the Pakistan-linked account was ongoing, along with other cases registered over social media content."When we sought registration details for one such specific handle, the IP address traced back to Pakistan; we are currently investigating that case. The process is ongoing, and we have registered other cases as well;...

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