Earlier in the day, the special cell of Delhi police also issued notice to Jharkhand Congress president Rajesh Thakur in connection with the case (Image: PTI/News18)
It is alleged that the ‘deepfake morphed video’ was shared by several Congress leaders
Microblogging site X withheld the account of Jharkhand Congress on Wednesday in response to a legal demand after a ‘deepfake morphed video’ of Union Home Minister Amit Shah was posted on the handle.
The action came after Jharkhand Congress recently posted a video on X and wrote, “Amit Shah’s election speech went viral in which he said that if the BJP government is formed again, OBC and SC/ST reservation will be abolished.”
Jharkhand Congress handle withheld by X (formerly known as Twitter) in India, in response to a legal demandA ‘deepfake morphed video’ of Union Home Minister Amit Shah was posted on the handle pic.twitter.com/kQKkVJA7LR
— ANI (@ANI) May 1, 2024
Earlier in the day, the special cell of Delhi police also issued notice to Jharkhand Congress president Rajesh Thakur under sections 91 and 160 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), asking him to appear before it on May 2 in connection with the said doctored video.
The summonses were also issued to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and four Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) members – Shiva Kumar Ambala, Asma Tasleem, Satish Manne and Naveen Pettem.
It is alleged that the video clip was shared by several Congress leaders.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police had on Sunday registered an FIR after the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), which is under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), filed a complaint about the doctored video of Shah where his statements indicating a commitment to abolish quota for Muslims on religious ground in Telangana were changed to make it seem that he was advocating scrapping of all reservations.
Meanwhile, Assam Police also arrested one person in connection with the case on Monday. Accused Reetom Singh is the first person to be arrested in connection with the ‘doctored’ video case.
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