Abused on Facebook, traffic cops clueless on culprit

Chandigarh: 


Even after getting abused publicly on the Traffic police’s Facebook page for over two months; the Chandigarh Police has yet not been able to find the person responsible for it.

The failure is shocking considering that the police has a full-fledged Cyber Crime Investigation Cell functional under the banner of Crime Branch - the city police’s premier investigating wing.

Chandigarh police claim that they are investigating to check the credentials of the user who had been using “unparliamentary and abusive language” on the Facebook page.

Deputy Inspector General of police Chandigarh, Alok Kumar said, “We are examining the matter so that legal action can be initiated against the user.”

A second rung police officer said that the user, now under the police scanner, has been operating his Facebook account with various names for the last few months.

“He would first upload the unparliamentary language on the Facebook page and also abuse the police on some other occasions. He would later delete those posts,” the officer said.

The Facebook page of the Chandigarh Traffic Police was launched by Inspector General of Police Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, on June 4 with an objective to discipline the traffic violators. It was also supposed to be more interactive as netizens would frequently post traffic violations and suggestions about traffic on the page.

After the page was launched, the Chandigarh traffic police has issued nearly one thousand challan slips against violators whose pictures of ‘evident traffic violations’ were uploaded on the page by the netizens.

“But there is this one user who has been creating fuss one way or the other by using unparliamentary language. He would deleting these posts later. And he would even challenge the police saying they cannot act against him. We have compiled a detailed report about his posts,” the police officer said.

“We were looking into the case and investigating the credentials of the user whether the user was using a fake name or not,” said the officer.

Police said that user had even been befriending those net users who uploaded pictures of violation on the page. “But this user would later post their name and other details on the page,” the police officer said.

The police officer said that they will not allow any one to use the Facebook page of Chandigarh Traffic Police as a platform hurl abuses to anyone.

Police sources said that the Cyber Crime cell has also started an investigation to trace the user.

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/abused-on-facebook-traffic-cops-clueless-on-culprit/842768/0
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