Bangladesh Police today issued a warning against those running fake social media pages using its name and logo and urged people to be cautious about any propaganda run through unverified pages and groups.

"Recently some unscrupulous persons and institutions are opening fake pages and groups using police logo, name or part of the name... Creation of such pages, groups and sites is an offence under the law. Concerned all are urged to delete those fake, unauthorised pages, groups and sites," says a press release sent by Police Headquarters.

The press release also added that police are going to take steps against the admins of those pages and groups.

The police headquarters urged people to go through the force's official page (https://www.facebook.com/BangladeshPoliceOfficialPage/) for information and report police about those fake pages and groups.