Srinagar: Police on Monday clarified that the claims about a child kidnapping gang being active in the city was a “mischievous rumour” and “fake news”.
“There is a mischievous rumour doing rounds about some child kidnapping gang active in Srinagar. It is clarified that no incident of child kidnapping has taken place in Srinagar district in recent past, “police said in a tweet. General public is requested not to pay heed to such unverified and fake news, it added.