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Police ask Facebook to delete morphed Mamata pictures

-The Times of India

The state CID has written to Facebook asking it to delete certain morphed images of chief minister Mamata Banerjee after a Trinamool Congress supporter lodged a complaint on April 12, citing specific posts and 'objectionable comments' flooding social networking sites. 

The CID also wants to know the IP addresses from where the pictures were posted. 

It is sure to scare netizens after what happened to Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra, who was arrested for forwarding a cartoon chain mail on the CM. 

Salt Lake resident Suman Naskar has alleged in his complaint that some youths were using Facebook and Twitter to malign Mamata. The FIR was lodged on April 12 at the Electronic Complex police station in Salt Lake Sector V, the very day Ambikesh was arrested on the other side of town. The case was handed to the CID's cyber crime cell immediately. On Saturday, the CID wrote to Facebook to delete the images and provide the IP details. 

Facebook, in spite of being governed by US laws, responds to such requests with alacrity but only if there is a threat to national security, public order or in case someone's life is at stake. It is yet to be seen how it reacts to the CID missive. 

Police officers were very reluctant to talk about it. DGP (crime) V V Thambi flatly refused to comment. Special IGP (CID) Vineet Goyel would only say: "I am aware of it." And DIG (CID-operations ) K Jayaraman said he was not authorised to comment on an ongoing investigation. 

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, whose government is battling a public relations disaster following the arrest of Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mohapatra for forwarding an email lampooning her, has asked the Centre for more help to deal with cyber crimes. Terming cyber crime an internal security threat, Mamata's speech at the CMs' meet said the Centre "should take concerted action" to prevent it. The speech was read out at the meet by state finance minister Amit Mitra.