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A team of 16 members of Jorhat Police of Assam set out to arrest an accused and proceeded on Google directions. But it lost its way and reached Mokokchung district of Nagaland. The people here considered the police team as intruders and attacked them. These people were kept captive throughout the night.
The incident happened on Tuesday. Actually all this happened because of Google Map. The place where the police team reached was a tea garden in Nagaland, but Google had shown it to be in Assam.
When When Jorhat police came to know about this, help was sought from Mokokchung SP. After which Mokokchung police sent a team to investigate these people.
When the people of Nagaland came to know, they released 5 people including the injured, while the remaining 11 people were kept captive overnight and released the next day.
Confusion caused by civil dress and weapons
The local people considered the Assam Police team to be miscreants possessing sophisticated weapons. Because only three of them were in uniform and the rest were in civil dress. This also created confusion. They also attacked the team, injuring a police personnel. This entire police team could reach back to Jorhat on Wednesday.
It is not right to trust Google blindly
It is not right to blindly trust Google Map. Sometimes the map may show the wrong path due to some reasons. For example, if a new road has been built, which is not updated on Google Map, then it may give wrong information. The road gets closed due to heavy rain, storm or storm. Even in such a situation, Google Map can give wrong information. Google Map works through GPS signals. Even if there is no network at some place, it can give wrong information.
Accidents happened earlier also due to mistake of Google Map
Case 1: On November 24, three people traveling in a car met with an accident on the incomplete bridge near Muda village on the route from Dataganj to Faridpur. They continued walking with the help of Google Map and as soon as the bridge ended, their car fell 20 feet, due to which all three people died.
Case 2: In June 2024, two youths going from Kerala to Karnataka with the help of Google Map walked into a swollen river in North Kasaragod district. Luckily, their car got stuck in a tree and stopped and the lives of the youth were saved.
Case 3: In October 2023, two doctors who were relying on Google Maps in Kerala died due to drowning in the Pariyar river. 29-year-old Advait, who was driving early in the morning in Kochi’s Gothuruth area, missed a turn and his car fell into the river.
Case 4: In the year 2021, a car fell into a dam in Maharashtra due to the wrong route shown by Google Map. Here also the person driving the car died due to drowning.
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