Telangana origin of Amit Shah’s doctored video: ‘X’ to police
The social media giant ‘X’ has revealed to the Delhi Police the origin of the doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Feedback from X revealed that the IP address originates from Telangana where the original video was initially shared on social media.
Recently, an FIR was filed in connection with a fake video of Amit Shah concerning reservations for Scheduled Castes, Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
Police summoned about twenty-four people to participate in the investigation, among them Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy is also present. Five members of the Samajwadi Party, one each from Jharkhand, Nagaland Congress, and Telangana were among those called.
The FIR stated, “It has been found that some doctored videos are being circulated by users of Facebook and Twitter (now X). The video seems to be doctored, spreading misleading information with the intention of creating disharmony among communities which is likely to affect tranquility and create public order issues.”
“The investigation officer, in the meantime, sent a query to X, asking them to share the exact IP address, from where the video was uploaded for the first time. They have shared a landline IP address of the originator,” a senior police officer said.
Four Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) members—Shiva Kumar Ambala, Asma Tasleem, Satish Manne, and Naveen Pettem—were being targeted by a Delhi Police squad stationed in Telangana. However, the Telangana Police had filed an FIR on April 27 and selected all four suspects for interrogation, as the Delhi Police learned on Wednesday night.“Delhi Police are now planning to summon them after serving a notice under Section 41 (notice of appearance before police officer) of the CrPC, and planning to issue non-bailable warrant against them,” a source said.
Meanwhile, the lawyer for Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has informed the Delhi Police that the latter had nothing to do with making or disseminating the aforementioned film. “Reddy’s lawyer gave us a statement on behalf of the Chief Minister that he had no role in posting or creating the video and that he did not have information regarding who created the video,” an officer said.
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