The Delhi Police has summoned Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy in connection with Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s fake video case, sources said on Monday, April 29. The Congress leader has been asked to appear before Delhi Police’s IFSO unit (Cyber Unit) on May 1 with his mobile phone.
The Telangana CM has been asked to appear with his mobile phone, allegedly used for posting the fake video on X This comes after the Delhi Police registered a case on Sunday, April 28, following a complaint by the Ministry of Home Affairs in connection with the doctored videos of Union Home Minister Amit Shah being circulated on social media platforms.
According to the reports, five more people, including some Congress leaders, who shared the doctored videos will also be summoned by Delhi Police. It has also been reported that the Assam Police has arrested one person in connection with the case.
The Delhi Police has initiated an FIR following allegations that a video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s speech was tampered with to portray him as advocating for the abolition of reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The complaint was lodged by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing a social media handle associated with the Congress of disseminating the altered video.
Delhi Police Ministry of Home Affairs had written in the complaint that it has been found that some doctored videos are being circulated by users of Facebook and Twitter. 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 BJP’s complaint, filed with the chief electoral officer of Andhra Pradesh, asserts that Shah’s original speech, delivered at an election rally in Telangana, was manipulated to create a false impression that he opposed reservation for SCs, STs, and OBCs. The party contends that the tampering was orchestrated by Congress-affiliated social media activists to tarnish the BJP’s image and influence the upcoming elections in Andhra Pradesh and across India.
According to the complaint, Shah did not make any statements against reservation for SCs, STs, and OBCs, and the distortion of his speech was a deliberate attempt to mislead the public. The BJP has also brought the matter to the attention of the cybercrime investigation department of the police, underscoring the seriousness of the issue.
The alleged tampering involves a video in which Shah is purportedly discussing the removal of what he deemed as “unconstitutional” reservation for Muslims in Telangana. The BJP contends that this footage was manipulated to falsely depict Shah advocating for the abolition of Muslim reservation during a Lok Sabha election rally.
