FIR lodged over doctored video of Home Minister Amit Shah in Kmr

Allegations of misinformation spark police action in Budgam as BJP spokesperson files complaint against Cong coordinator

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered an FIR following an alleged doctored video of Home Minister Amit Shah, which was circulated on X.
As per the information, the FIR has been lodged in Budgam following a complaint lodged by Bharatiya Janata Party Spokesperson Altaf Thakur. FIR has been lodged against Ilyas Mir Magami, State Co-ordinator(Sevadal) of Congress from Budgam.
Altaf Thakur has accused Ilyas of uploading the video on X. The doctored video of the Union Home Minister went viral on social media.
Shah who was addressing a rally in Telangana’s Siddipet on April 25was not talking about scrapping reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes. Instead, he talked about ending the 4 per cent reservation given to Muslims in the state.
Several Congress officials had shared the doctored video on their social media handles, claiming that the BJP is preparing to scrap the reservation.
Several complaints were lodged across the India. Now the same has been filed in Kashmir by BJP leader. A police complaint was filed by BJP leader Altaf Thakur against a social media user for uploading the video of Home Minister.
“This is to inform you one mischievous person under the name of Illyas Mir Magami @ Magamiillyas has uploaded a dubbed and fake video of Shri Amit Shah where it is stated that Centre is going to remove the reservation of SC and ST people in J&K, which is totally baseless and far from facts,” Thakur stated in the complaint. ” I request you to kindly act swiftly against the person and arrest him for spreading wrong information as the act has the potential to trigger resentment and protest by the SC and ST community of J&K,” it added.
I request you to kindly act swiftly against the person and arrest him for spreading wrong information as the act has a potential to trigger resentment and protest by the SC and ST community of J&K,” it added.
After the complaint, a case was registered in police station Magam Budgam on Monday under section 505( 2 ) (statements conducing to public mischief) and 171 G (false statement in connection with an election) of the Indian Penal Code.
According to the FIR, it has been reliably learnt that a post has been shared on social media platform ‘X’ ( previously Twitter ) containing the fake/ doctored video of Union Home Minister of India, with an intention to spread misleading information for creating disharmony among communities and different sections of society. The investigation has been initiated and entrusted to Sub-Inspector, the FIR read.