Atishi video row: Jalandhar police registers FIR over doctored video, SAD questions jurisdiction
According to the police, no accused has been named so far in the FIR, however the video link shared by Delhi minister Kapil Mishra was downloaded and examined as part of the probe.
PTC News Desk: The Jalandhar commissionerate police on Friday registered an FIR against unidentified persons over alleged doctored video clip of AAP leader and Delhi assembly leader of opposition Atishi making derogatory remarks about Guru Tegh Bahadur.
The FIR was lodged at the Cyber Cell police station on the complaint of local AAP leader Iqbal Singh. According to the police, no accused has been named so far in the FIR, however the video link shared by Delhi minister Kapil Mishra was downloaded and examined as part of the probe.
A police spokesperson said the audio from the clip was sent to the Punjab Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Mohali, for examination. “As per the forensic report received on Friday, the word ‘Guru’ was not uttered by Atishi in the audio contained in the video clips being circulated on social media. Furthermore, there has been deliberate doctoring of the video to attribute words in the captions that were never spoken by Atishi,” the spokesperson said.
Meanwhile Shiromani Akali Dal has questioned the jurisdiction of Jalandhar police in registring the FIR in the matter.
Citing that the videois the property of Delhi Legislative Assembly, speaker has issued a privelege motion against the Police Commissioner of Jalandhar.
SAD spokesperson Arshdeep Singh Kler has accued the Punjab police of working on the directives of AAP government, throwing away the basic principles of the Constitution of India.
"At a time when Punjab is already grappling with serious law-and-order problems—daily daylight murders, and a severe drug crisis—the Punjab Police appears to be acting under the political directives of the Aam Aadmi Party government, ignoring the basic principles of the Constitution of India," said Kler.