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Bengaluru Police on Friday arrested five people for spreading rumours and trying to disturb peace by deliberately misreporting facts, as the Jagadish Shettar-led state government intensified measures to instill confidence among the northeastern community that has been leaving the state following ethnic violence against them. The government has also asked relevant agencies to scan all social media platforms to check for inflammatory and offensive content. Cellphone operators have been told to block all bulk SMS-es and videos, so nobody can send a message to more than five people at a time. An estimated one-lakh people from the northeast live in and around Bengaluru, and four special trains have left the city for Guwahati in last two days. The government maintained that those responsible for spreading rumours online and through text messages will be identified and punished. The government has also set up helplines to assist the northeastern community in Hyderabad (040-27852333 and 23261166), Bengaluru (080- 22250999, 080-22942222) and Chennai (09840295100, 09677066100 and 09789088100).

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