Chennai: Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) has filed a criminal complaint against social media rogues for posting fake news content on facebook with alleged intention to tarnish the reputation of the bank among the eyes of its customers and the wider public.
The bank, in its complaint lodged with the Cyber Crime Cell of the Chennai Police said that text messages posted in Hindi and Kannada in the facebook accounts of alleged Ms Priyanka Gandhi – Future of India, Mr Lovedeep Grewal and Mr Ranjan Prasad were false and derogatory to the reputation of the bank and sought legal recourse from the competent authorities.
Through their social media posts, the perpetrators of the cyber crime tried to create confusion among the bank’s customers and general public by saying “Today the 93 year old bank called Lakshmi Vilas Bank closed all 569 branches and 1046 ATMs”. The above said messages posted by the accused are false and done with a malfide intention to cause serious damage to the reputation and goodwill of the bank among the persons having transactions with the bank and also the general public, investors and all other stakeholders.
“Hence we request you to take cognizance of the complaint and register the FIR against the accused persons under the provisions of IPC and IT Act and other applicable provisions of the relevant statutes and thus render justice”, LVB sought in its complaint.
