'BJP Leader arrested for giving Fake news' Bengal police says

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A BJP leader in Bengal has been arrested on charges of "spreading fake news and creating communal disharmony", the state's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) tweeted today. 

 The arrested man, Tarun Sengupta, describes himself on social media as the BJP's Asansol district IT in-charge. He is accused of posting fake images and videos on social media to stir communal trouble.

 This is the latest such arrest in Bengal since communal violence erupted in North 24 Parganas near Kolkata recently. Last week, the Kolkata police said they had arrested a person for sharing an image from a Bhojpuri film and passing it off as one from North 24 Parganas.

 Among those who shared the image, targeting the West Bengal government, on social media was Vijeta Malik, an official of the BJP's Haryana unit. 

 Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared last week: "Action will be taken for spreading fake pictures and videos. The law will take its own course." Violence flared in Baduria and Basirhat and spread to other towns in the North 24 Parganas district after a Facebook post by a 17-year-old on Prophet Mohammad angered Muslims. 

The teen was arrested and has been sent to jail. The police have put out a series of tweets asking people not to be influenced by fake messages or posts on social media that are designed to create trouble 

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