New Delhi, March 4 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered cases against Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi and another person for allegedly spreading distorted narratives using digital platforms to cause public unrest and societal disharmony, according to an official statement.

The police said that, acting on credible inputs about the circulation of "false, fabricated and misleading content" on digital and social media platforms, allegedly with an intent to create fear, disturb public order, and incite unlawful activities, cases were registered against Mehdi and former Srinagar mayor Junaid Azim Mattu, news agency PTI reported.

"The content in question, prima facie, reflects the dissemination of distorted na...