The first notice, in which the police listed sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), India’s draconian anti-terror law, was met by outrage when it went viral on social media. “A notice dated 8th July 2020 is being circulated on social media. It is clarified that the notice in question was sent over email inadvertently with unrelated sections of law,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Anyesh Roy of the Cyber Crime Unit told HuffPost India on Thursday evening. DCP Roy said this section was meant to be applied for a different legal notice related to another unit of the Delhi Police. After the second notice was issued, and by 16th July, the mass emails to Javadekar and others’ email accounts stopped and the second notice was also withdrawn.

Source: Huffington Post July 23, 2020 15:56 UTC