Is social media adding grist to the rumour mills that have triggered the exodus of workers from north-eastern states living in Bangalore and other cities in India?
It concerned ownership of a medieval mosque-site in Ayodhya, in eastern UP, and in 1992 had prompted Hindu-Muslim rioting across northIndia in which at least 2, 000 died.
Neighbouring India is also negotiating full transit facilities with Dhaka to transport goods to its nearly landlocked north-eastern states through Bangladesh.