Dimapur police has clarified that the rumours on social media regarding an impending security operation on a large scale in the district was false. In a statement, Dimapur police stated that no such exercise has been sanctioned by any official authority. It therefore urged that the circulation of such fake news be desisted immediately. Further, Dimapur police cautioned that it was a criminal offence to spread such concocted news with the mischievous intent of instilling insecurity among the public.