The Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday said they were investigating a matter where a youth received an "invitation" to join a WhatsApp group named "Lashkar-e-Toiba", allegedly created by a schoolboy in Rajasthan. A resident of Baalu Adda area in Lucknow approached the cops after he was invited to a WhatsApp group named "Lashkar-e-Toiba". An FIR has been registered against the sender of the invitation under sections of the IPC and the IT Act. The sender of the invitation was a boy studying in Class 9 in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, an Anti-Terrorist Squad officer said. When contacted, IG (ATS) Asim Arun told PTI that it was not yet clear whether the youth joined the LeT group or not.

Source: dna February 26, 2018 03:28 UTC