Various groups in Pakistan were successful in creating a massive violence and communal tension in India just by means of Technology. By faking photographs for Assam and Myanmar riots and sending threat SMS, they were able to trigger a exodus of over 30,000 North Eastern people from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and other states of India.
According to Union home secretary R K Singh,”A total of 76 websites were identified where morphed images were uploaded and bulk of these were uploaded in Pakistan,”.
“We believe it is highly reprehensible. I think it needs to be made known to everybody that this is something that is being done from Pakistan. The bulk of it has been done from Pakistan,” he said.
He said all these websites have since been blocked. As a step towards rumours being spread, Government has imposed a 15-day ban on bulk SMSs and MMSs.
Singh said bodies of victims of cyclones and earthquakes in different part of the world were shown as victims of violence in Myanmar in the morphed images.
Apart from these websites, 34 more have been identified and government was in the process of blocking them soon, he said.
Driven by rumours, over 30,000 northeast people have left Bangalore fearing attacks on them while many of them have fled Chennai and Pune in the last three days, notwithstanding assurances from the Centre and the state governments.
Update on August 19, 5:00 PM
Pakistan High Commission has denied the charges as expected. Such remarks only widen the trust deficit between the two countries, sources in the Pakistan high commission at New Delhi said.
The Pakistani sources said these were “cooked up” charges.
“Instead of indulging in mud-slinging and blame game, it’s time for India to address its internal issues,” the source told IANS. “Such comments only widen the trust deficit.”