Removing Whatsapp profile pic for ISIS scare? Ignore the hoax, please

A WhatsApp message doing the rounds is asking users to remove their profile picture. It is a hoax.
First it was the Facebook ‘privacy notice’ hoax, which many users shared thinking it would protect their data, and now it is a WhatsApp message that appears to be going viral.
Users might have noticed a new message getting shared extensively on WhatsApp, which claims to be from the Delhi Commissioner, and asks them to remove their WhatsApp profile pictures immediately.
And why should y