New Delhi: A teenager in Srinagar has been arrested for allegedly sending fake takedown notices to social media platform X to block accounts of the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) and the Software Freedom Law Center, India (SFLC.in). The teen was reportedly taken into custody a day after the Delhi Police lodged a first information report (FIR) on Tuesday (November 10), following the revelation that the notices were sent by someone posing as the Delhi Police.The police said they had traced the IP addresses back to a device in Srinagar, following which the teen was apprehended early on Wednesday, November 11, The Indian Express reported.The arrest stems from a case filed before the Delhi high court by IFF and SFLC.in challenging the takedown notices purportedly issued by the Delhi Police on October 31 and November 2, that sought restrictions on their social media accounts and content. Senior advocate Akhil Sibal, appearing for the organisations, had informed the court that the authenticity of the notices was under question as the email account mentioned in the notices did not exist.X Corp’s counsel, Ankit Parhar, told Justice Amit Mahajan, on November 6, that the notices had not been sent by the Delhi Police itself and that a complaint had been registered to trace the imposter.Also read: ‘Takedown Notices to IFF, SFLC Came from an Imposter, Not Delhi Police’: X Tells Delhi High CourtEarlier, The Wire had reported on the multiple inconsistencies the digital rights organisations had found with the notices issued to them. SFLC.in, in a public statement, had also demanded transparency from X on which agency had submitted the requests and under what provisions. It had also asked for a copy of the underlying order.The takedown requests were received shortly after an earlier string of legal notices from an advocate supposedly acting on behalf of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). They flagged posts documenting instances of online censorship, citing hate speech, alleged defamation of the RSS and security concerns as the grounds for removal.