NEW DELHI: The
Delhi Police
on Sunday lodged an FIR over
circulation
of a
doctored video
of Union home minister
Amit Shah
‘s speech on
social media
after the ministry of home affairs filed a complaint.
The Special Cell has registered an FIR under various sections of the IPC and relevant provision of the IT Act, they said.
In the video, Shah is seen advocating the abolition of reservation quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward video.
According to the complaint filed by Sinku Sharan Singh, DC, Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), some doctored videos are being circulated on social media with “the intent of creating disharmony among communities which is likely to affect public tranquility and public order.”
The video seems to be doctored spreading misleading information to create disharmony among communities which is likely to affect public tranquility and public order issues, the MHA added.
The Bhartiya Janata Party also objected to the authenticity of the video being circulated and categorically denounced it by asserting that the video has been manipulated to distort Shah’s original statements made during an election rally.
Party’s spokesperson Amit Malviya claimed that the video has been altered to misrepresent Shah’s remarks on the issue of reservation quotas for Muslims in Telangana.
“Congress is spreading an edited video which is completely fake and has the potential to cause large-scale violence. Home Minister Amit Shah spoke about removing the unconstitutional reservation given to Muslims, on the basis of religion, after reducing the share of SCs/STs and OBCs.” Maliviya said.
“This fake video has been posted by several Congress spokespersons. They must be prepared for legal consequences,” he added
A copy of the FIR was also sent to the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations of the Delhi Cyber Police after which the agency has started investigation.
