The Delhi police Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) special cell has issued a notice to Jharkhand state Congress Party chief Rajesh Thakur in connection with the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, doctored video on the reservation. Thakur has been asked to appear before the Delhi Police Special Cell’s office on Thursday morning, May 2.
The notice was issued days after a ‘deep fake’ video of the Union Home Minister purportedly talking about scrapping the reservation of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Castes (OBC) was posted from the official X handle of the Jharkhand Congress.
In a tweet posted on X on Sunday afternoon, the Jharkhand Congress said that ” Amit Shah election speech went viral in which he said that if the BJP government is formed again, OBC and SC/ST reservation will be abolished.”
In the notice issued on Monday, April 29, Thakur has been asked to appear before the Delhi police along with his mobile phones and any other electronic gadgets used in uploading the said video.
According to the reports, the notice which has been issued to Thakur along with 16 other persons, including Telanagan Chief Minister Revant Reddy, to appear before the special cell was based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code by the Delhi police special cell on April 28.
As per the FIR, the said video of the Union Home Minister shared across several social media platform was doctored and spread misinformation with the intent of causing disharmony among communities, which is likely to create law and order issues.
Three held so far
Notably, after lodging of an FIR into the case, State police of multiple States have swung into action and nabbed as many as three persons in connection with creating/uploading the doctored video. The first arrest in the case was made from Assam, where a person identified as Reetom Singh, a resident of Guwahati who is reportedly associated with the Congress party and function as the party’s ‘War Room Coordinator’, was nabbed by the authorities on Monday.
Other then Reetam, the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell on Tuesday also nabbed Santosh Vansola, a resident of Palanpur of Banaskantha district, along with Aam Aadmi Party’s district president of Dahod district, Rakesh Baria for allegedly sharing the deep fake video of the Union Home Minister.
Initial interrogation of the accused revealed that Vansola has been working as a Personal Assistant (PA) of Congress MLA Jignesh Mewani for around six years.
Union Home MinisterAmit Shah’s Statement
Significantly, addressing a political gathering in Telangana recently, the Union Home Minister remarked that if the Bhartiya Janata Party forms a government here, we will withdraw the unconstitutional reservation to Muslims here while ensuring that the SCs,STs and OBCs get quotas as guaranteed under the constitution.
Now, after the circulation of his deep fake video of the said statement, the Home Minister, while addressing another gathering in Guwahati on Tuesday, said that the BJP is always in favour of reservation and will act as its protector. Fortunately, there was a recording of my original speech and everything became crystal clear after I placed the original clip before everyone.
भाजपा SC, ST और OBC के आरक्षण की सबसे बड़ी समर्थक है और धर्म के आधार पर मुस्लिमों को मिलने वाले आरक्षण का कभी भी समर्थन नहीं करती है। pic.twitter.com/KewTInmTKU
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) April 30, 2024
Earlier, the Union Home Minister, while taking to X on Tuesday, also said that the Congress has now resorted to misleading citizens with fake videos out of panic and fear of defeat.
The Congress has now resorted to misleading citizens with fake videos out of panic and fear of defeat.
The right to reservations in the country belongs to SC, ST, and OBC brothers and sisters, and as long as the BJP government is in office, no one can change it. The INDI… pic.twitter.com/8KwNaxbY4N
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) April 30, 2024
“The right to reservations in the country belongs to SC, ST, and OBC brothers and sisters, and as long as the BJP government is in office, no one can change it. The INDI Alliance has given reservations to Muslims, reducing the share of SCs, STs, and OBCs. Congress is misleading people by editing a speech of mine in which I committed to abolishing the unconstitutional reservations for Muslims. Directions have been issued to the police to address this issue as per the law,” read the post further.
