Srinagar: The Counter Insurgency Kashmir (CIK) on Monday detained a social media user for uploading hateful and abusive content against the martyrs of the security forces.
Officials said that an Instagram user was found posting hateful and abusive posts against the martyred DSP of J&K Police Humayun Bhat who lost his life besides two other army officers while fighting with terrorists in an encounter at Kokernag in Anantnag on Wednesday.
“On preliminary analysis of his social media handles it is found that the user is also uploading content glamourising terrorism, threatening security forces, and calling names,” officials said.
The user has been identified as Irfan Malik, 43, working as an operator in JustDial, son of Abdu Rashid Malik of 29 Chotta Bazaar, Srinagar.
Officials said that the social media user had been booked and detained under the relevant provisions of the law in FIR No 07/2023 of Police Station CID CIK.
They said that the FIR was under investigation into the acts of abusing social media, threatening members of security forces, and glamourising terrorism.
“Many such users are under the scanner of CIK and more arrests are expected on the identification of such users. Further investigation in the case is in progress,” they said.