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“Yogi Adityanath government in UP has brought a new law under which anyone who sends a friend request three times to a girl will be put in jail for three years along with a fine of five lakh rupees”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: According to the news reports in 2013, a circular from the DGP has mentioned that if a girl complains and provides proofs of the multiple friend requests, then action can be taken under Section 66A of the Information Te…