The IB and the Karnataka police are hard at work to trace the origin of the SMSes and doctored MMSes that have caused panic among the people from the Northeast, leading to their mass exodus over the last couple of days.
Several of these messages are inflammatory in nature, showing the people from the Northeast in poor light. “It all started with SMSes and panic spread like wildfire. People did not verify whether the incidents mentioned were true or not,” said DCP (intelligence), V.S. D’Souza, who has been appointed nodal officer to ensure the security of the people from the Northeast. “We have seen the content, and its just meant to increase communal tension, spread panic and cause fear. It is all false,” he added. City police commissioner, B.G. Jyothi Prakash Mirji noted that some messages were being circulated through social networking sites.