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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has directed his administration to take stern action against those creating disharmony and inciting hatred by circulating baseless content on social media specially Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter. A spokesman said in Lucknow that the Chief Minister has directed to take stern action against elements creating disharmony after the Dadri incident. The spokesman said some tweets were made from a twitter handle being operated from Noida with the motive of disturbing communal harmony and spreading hatred.

He said, these tweets were made on September 30 and an FIR has been lodged in the matter. He said, Police Department has issued a whatsapp number ‘9454401002’ on which a complaint can be made. He said, the state administration has asked people to inform it on this number if they came across any such cases on social networking websites and applications. The identity of the informer would be kept secret.