Kolkata Police trying to find the miscreants behind the fake notification declaring Eid holidays

NEW DELHI: A fake notification claiming that the Governor of Kolkata has declared Eid-ul-Fitr holidays from 12th to 15th June, 2018 in Kolkata has gone viral on social media. The tweet also had the name and signature of a government official, as well as fake government logo. 

The document mentions that all state government offices including educational institutions, rural and urban local bodies, Development Authorities, boards, corporations, state government undertakings shall remain closed on the said dates. It states, "In order to celebrate Eid festival, which falls on 12 June to 15 June, 2018, in a befitting manner, the Governor is pleased to declare State Government holiday on 12 to 15 June, 2018, in addition to 16 June, 2018 which has already been notified as a public holiday."

The Kolkata Police intervened and posted a message on Twitter, asserting that the notification is fake and that the people behind this muddle would be caught and punished.

The fake notification was posted solely for the purpose of causing confusion among the public.