Union home minister Amit Shah during an interview with Network18. (Image: News18)
This action came days after BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya said that the Telangana Congress wing was spreading an edited video of Shah, “which is completely fake and has the potential to cause large-scale violence.”
Delhi Police on Friday made its first arrest in the Amit Shah deepfake video case. The accused, Arun Reddy, handles one of Congress’ social media handles.
According to police sources, Reddy handled the ‘Spirit of Congress’ X account.
Delhi Police arrest Arun Reddy, who handles the ‘Spirit of Congress’ X account, in the Union Home Minister Amit Shah doctored video case: Delhi Police pic.twitter.com/gB5L6Pzcbp— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2024
The Delhi Police, which is also under the MHA, filed the FIR in the case under Indian Penal Code sections 153 (causing provocation with intention to cause riot), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc), 465 (forgery), 469 (forgery to harm the reputation of any party), and 171G (publishing false statement with intent to affect the result of an election) and under the Information Technology Act.
The FIR targets certain handles on social media platforms, which edited Shah’s statements to falsely suggest that the minister argued for ending reservations in the country.
This action came a day after BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya said that the Telangana Congress wing was spreading an edited video of Shah, “which is completely fake and has the potential to cause large-scale violence.” In his post on X, Malviya clarified that Home Minister Shah only spoke about removing the unconstitutional reservation given to Muslims, on the basis of religion.
.@INCTelangana 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 share of SCs/STs and… pic.twitter.com/5plMsEHCe3— Amit Malviya (मोदी का परिवार) (@amitmalviya) April 27, 2024
5 ARRESTED IN HYDERABAD
Police in Hyderabad on Friday said they arrested five Telangana Congress party social media activists in connection with morphed video that went viral recently.
The accused were produced before a local court which granted them bail with a condition that each person will have to submit two sureties worth Rs 10,000 each and appear before the investigating officer on Monday and Friday till further orders.
According to a statement issued by the police, they received a complaint on April 27 from a state BJP leader alleging that the Telangana Congress Pradesh Congress Party on its X account posted morphed or fabricated video of Amit Shah’s speech during his election campaign and public meeting at Siddipet recently, in violation of IT Act.
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