Noida, Oct. 18 -- Noida Police have registered a case against two identified and other unidentified X accounts for allegedly spreading false claims about YouTuber Dhruv Rathee's arrest, saying the posts were intended to create panic and disturb law and order in the district.

The case was registered under Sections 197 (imputation, assertions prejudicial to national integration) and 352 (statements conducive to public mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act at Sector 39 police station.

"On October 16 some social media accounts attempted to disrupt peace and law and order situation through their posts," sub-inspector Sunil Kumar said in the complaint.

The FIR mentioned two posts, one of wh...