48 arrested in Rajasthan for following social media accounts of gangsters
Jaipur, Feb 4: The Jaipur Police has arrested 48 people in a crackdown against those who follow gangsters' social media accounts, officials said on Saturday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Paris Deshmukh said 37 people who follow or 'like' habitual criminals on social media have been arrested by the Jaipur Commissionerate Police while 11 such people were nabbed by District Jaipur (North).
He said these youths are being interrogated. Along with this, the relatives of such youths are also being advised by the counselling cell constituted at the district level so that they keep themselves away from criminals and any criminal activities.
Deshmukh said in a statement that it has been seen for some time that the youth of the city are following those who are involved in serious incidents.
Special teams have been formed to keep a tab on these criminals and those who follow and 'like' them on social media, he said. These teams are checking the social media accounts running in the name of criminals and identifying the people who follow them, Deshmukh added.
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RCB beat DC by 9 wickets in IPL
New Delhi (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru continued their impressive run, thrashing Delhi Capitals by nine wickets in their IPL match here on Monday.
Opting to bowl, pace duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/5) and Josh Hazlewood (4/12) shared seven wickets, while Rasikh Salam Dar (1/21) and Syuash Sharma (1/7) also contributed as RCB bowled out DC for 75 -- lowest score of this season.
For DC, Abishek Porel (30), David Miller (19) and Kyle Jamieson (12) provided some respectability to the total after being reduced to 8 for 6 in 4th over.
In reply, Devdutt Padikkal (34), Jacob Bethell (20) and Virat Kohli (23) completed the chase in 6.3 overs.
Brief Score:
DC: 75 all-out in 16.3 overs (Abishek Porel 30; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/5, Josh Hazlewood 4/12).
RCB: 77 for 1 in 6.3 overs (Devdutt Padikkal 34; Kyle Jamieson 1/42).
