Police today urged everyone to refrain from sharing sensitive content on social media without adequate verification, such as robberies.
In response to a social media post of a phony dacoity in South Keraniganj, the Dhaka District Police issued an appeal in a statement tonight.
The statement said that a Facebook status from an ID with the profile name ‘Mdsulaiman mridha’ and the Facebook page link https:/www.facebook.com/mdsulaiman. mridha.3 has come to the notice of police. The post claimed that a robbery had taken place at a house in South Keraniganj area, which was found fake in police investigation.
To verify the accuracy of the incident, Additional Superintendent of Police Jahangir Alam (BP-8814166281), Keraniganj Circle, Dhaka, visited the scene.
During the inspection, it was learnt from local people that the owner of the house shouted “robber, robber” between 01.30-02.00 am on Monday night and called over national emergency number 999.
Later, in front of the people, the owner of the house opened the collapsible gate and it was found that everything in the room was fine and no robbery had taken place.
“The situation that arose was humorous. A call has been made to give post on the social media/mass media about sensitive incidents like robberies through fact-checking,” the statement said.
