WhatsApp users in Uttar Pradesh receive invitation to join Lashkar-e-Taiba, complaint registered

The group named "Lashkar-e-Taiba" was allegedly created by a Class 9th schoolboy in Rajasthan's Bhilwada.
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LUCKNOW: An FIR has been registered in Lucknow's Cyber Cell after members of a WhatsApp group received an invitation to join another group named 'Lashkar-e-Taiba' on the messaging platform.

The group named "Lashkar-e-Taiba" was allegedly created by a Class 9th schoolboy in Rajasthan's Bhilwada.

The complaint was registered after a youth reached to police and informed them about this invitation on the messaging platform.

Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has been alerted to keep an eye on the case.

Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh Police said, "A case has been registered on the complaint of a person who received a message relating to 'Lashkar-e-Taiba' on a WhatsApp group he was part of. Cyber Crime Cell to conduct an investigation."

The investigation is underway.

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