🇮🇳 Misleading posts claim India's counterterrorism agency has a hotline for reporting people who use a violent slogan about 'beheading people who insult Islam' The hotline has in fact been in use for years and the agency denied ever issuing the notice
Twitter and Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim that India's counterterrorism task force released a"special hotline number to report Muslims who call for the beheading of people who insult Islam", following protests over a ruling party official's controversial remarks about the Prophet Mohammed. The claim is misleading; the task force said it"has not issued any such message". The hotline number has existed for years to report on assorted terrorism cases.
The Hindi-language post translates into English as:"NIA has released a number. A special number to report any terror threat on social media including Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp. If a Muslim raises the slogan 'Sar Tan Se Juda' on a Facebook or Twitter comment or threatens you, take a screenshot of the post and contact this number -- 011-24368800.