Delhi Police Debunks Rumours of Closed Schools, Traffic Diversions

The Delhi Police dismissed as rumours the reports of schools in the national capital being shut on Monday.

As if controlling the unruly supporters of the Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh wasn’t enough, the Delhi Police now has to tackle the problem of fake WhatsApp messages that talk about traffic restrictions and schools being shut.

The message that has been forwarded reads the following:

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Delhi Traffic Police’s Twitter handle dismissed these messages and said that no such restrictions or diversions were in place.

It's not true. There are no traffic diversions or restrictions planned on these roads.

— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) August 27, 2017

The Delhi Police also dismissed as rumours the reports of schools in the national capital being shut on Monday.

Schools will remain open tomorrow. There are no instructions from #DelhiPolice to close them. Social media rumors should not be believed.

— Madhur Verma (@DCP_DelhiPolice) August 27, 2017

Several cases of torching of DTC buses and train coaches were reported from different parts of the city on Friday, following the Dera chief's rape conviction by a special CBI court in Haryana's Panchkula.

The 50-year-old Dera chief, who was convicted in a 15- year-old rape case, has been lodged in a jail in Sunaria on the outskirts of Rohtak, where a CBI judge will be flown tomorrow to pronounce his sentence.