LUCKNOW, May 9 -- Rajeev Krishna, Uttar Pradesh director general of police (DGP), on Friday warned senior police officers that cross-border criminal and terror-linked networks were increasingly using social media platforms to radicalise and mislead youth, directing all districts to intensify digital surveillance and take swift action against those spreading communal or caste-based hostility online, said senior police officials in a press note issued by police headquarters..

He directed police officers to maintain continuous surveillance on such activities and ensure immediate legal action against individuals involved in spreading inflammatory, provocative or misleading content aimed at fuelling communal or caste tensions.

The warning ca...