Fact Check: Are 52 WhatsApp group admins detained at Dadar cybercrime police station?

Claim: 52 WhatsApp group admins are detained at Dadar cyber crime police station

Rating: False

What is rumour about?

• mess states that 52 WhatsApp group admins are detained at Dadar’s cybercrime police station for forwarding misleading information to ir groups.
• mess also says that each group admin will face a jail term of 1 to 5 years and for securing bail, y would have to fight in criminal court. explanation by any admin would be taken into account.
• Furr, an advisory warning has been issued to members of group informing that from w on, whoever posts any mess related to Coronavirus on ir WhatsApp group will be punished.
• It says that only a government ncy is authorised to post things about COVID-19 crisis. If posts are found wrong or misleading, action would be taken against all members of that group including admin, and a lawsuit will be registered in ir names according to IT Act.
• mess also mentions that is by order by Ravi Nayak, principal secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 

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Who started rumour?

• Social media users who spread unverified mess through WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook forwards. Take a look at mess that is being forwarded. 

Im courtesy: WhatsApp

Im courtesy: Twitter

Republic World did a fact check on "52 WhatsApp group admins at police station" rumour

• Republic World did a fact check on same and rumour results appear to be false!
• mentioned official, Ravi Nayak, has T declared any such official statement saying that false WhatsApp forwards will be a punishable offence.
• Even PIB has claimed that se rumours are false. Check tweet posted by PIB's fact check department. 

• PIB has advised people to share verified and official news on ir WhatsApp groups so as to ensure that correct news gets across to one's friends and family members. 
• mess mentions Ravi Nayak as principal secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI, which is also wrong as re is person in Ministry of Home Affairs with that name and designation.

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Google Trends analysis on 52 WhatsApp group admins arrested rumour

Here is Google trends analysis of how many times rumour has been searched for in recent days. mess spiked its maximum number of searches on March 31, 2020. data is shown in percentile form. 

Im courtesy: Google Trends

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