Delhi Police register FIR over alleged misinformation on dead fish in Yamuna

New Delhi: The Delhi Police have registered an FIR against unidentified persons for allegedly spreading misinformation about the death of a large number of fish in the Yamuna, following a complaint by the Delhi government’s Irrigation and Flood Control Department, officials said on Saturday (November 14). A senior police officer said the FIR was registered at Wazirabad police station under Sections 353 (statements conducing to public mischief), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace) and 240 (giving false information respecting an offence committed) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Visuals of a large number of dead fish floating in the Yamuna near Sonia Vihar surfaced on social media on November 12, raising concerns over water pollution and possible toxic discharges into the river. Delhi Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh on Friday (November 13) accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of dumping dead fish into the river to “defame the BJP government and its efforts to clean the Yamuna”.