Amit Shah Fake Video Case: Five Congress workers, including the social media convenor of the party's Telangana unit, have been arrested in connection with the circulation of an allegedly doctored video featuring Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a Telangana Congress functionary informed on Thursday. The arrests were made by Telangana Police in response to a complaint lodged by the state unit of BJP, he added.
"Five people including Telangana Social Media Convenor Naveen and Taslima have been arrested by the Cyber Crime unit of Telangana police based on a complaint by Telangana BJP. Delhi Police has not arrested them," Telangana Congress Media Convenor Kamal Medagoni was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Amit Shah Fake Video Case: Telangana CM Was Earlier Summoned
This comes just days after Telangana CM and Congress leader Revanth Reddy was reportedly summoned by the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of Delhi Police as part of its probe into the circulation of a 'doctored' video showing Shah make remarks critical of the reservation system.
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Besides Reddy, summons were also reportedly issued to 15 other individuals across several states. In the 'doctored' video, Shah is purportedly heard saying that the BJP is opposed to the reservation policy. According to a report by ANI, a total of six members of the ruling Congress in Telangana were summoned by Delhi Police.
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Earlier, the BJP's Telangana unit filed a complaint against Reddy, who also heads Telangana Congress, at a cyber crime police station, accusing the party of "fabricating" and "morphing" the speech of Amit Shah.
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As per the complaint, the Telangana unit of Congress posted the controversial video on its official X handle. Notably, during his address at a public meeting in the state, Shah, as per ANI, had said, "If the BJP forms the government here, we will withdraw the unconstitutional reservations to Muslims here. We will ensure that the SCs, STs and OBCs get quotas as guaranteed under the Constitution."
(With inputs from ANI)