NEW DELHI: The official X account of
Jharkhand Congress
was withheld on Wednesday after a ‘
deepfake morphed video
’ of home minister
Amit Shah
was posted on the social media handle. “X withheld the account of Jharkhand Congress in response to a legal demand,” officials in the know of the development said.
Delhi Police
’s special cell had earlier issued notice to Jharkhand Congress chief
Rajesh Thakur
under Section 91 of CrPC, asking him to be present at the cell’s office on May 2 in connection with the doctored video of the minister circulating on social media.
Delhi Police on Wednesday showed dissatisfaction over Telangana CM Revanth Reddy’s reply in connection to the fake video case. Earlier in the day, a reply was filed by CM Telangana through his counsel. Advocate Soumya Gupta said that she had received a notice under CrPC 91 in which it was asked the source of the video.
According to Delhi police sources, the investigation is not satisfied with the reply given by CM Telangana.
