FIR lodged against AAP leaders for circulating Partap Singh Bajwas doctored video
Bajwa had accused the AAP leaders of circulating his doctored video pertaining to Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia
PTC News Desk: An FIR has been registered by Chandigarh police against an unknown media handler of the Aam Aadmi Party for circulating doctored videos Punjab's leader of opposition.
The FIR has been registered under Sections 336 (4), 356, and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Earlier Partap Singh Bajwa had filed a complaint with the Chandigarh Police against Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Cabinet ministers Harpal Cheema and Aman Arora, and Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal accusing them of circulating his doctored video pertaining to Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia.
The police have not named AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and CM Bhagwant Mann in the FIR, as demanded by Bajwa in his complaint.
In his written complaint to the SHO Sector 3 Police Station, Bajwa alleges that a video originally posted by him on June 25, 2025, criticising the Punjab Vigilance Bureau’s alleged misconduct against MLA Ganieve Kaur and former MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was edited to remove the references to Kaur. The altered version allegedly made it appear as though Bajwa was supporting Bikram Singh Majithia, who is presently in police custody.
“I am the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha and hence, keep raising my voice against the atrocities and illegalities being committed by the AAP government of Punjab. Recently, an FIR was registered against Bikram Singh Majithia by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau. His wife Ganieve Kaur is a Member of the Legislative Assembly. In utter violation of law, the officials of Vigilance Bureau entered her house and even went up to her bedroom. Such a conduct against a lady was uncalled for and also contrary to law. On 25/06/2025, I posted a video on my official X handle at 03:13 PM wherein I criticized the action of Vigilance Bureau officials against a lady MLA and also highlighted a similar misconduct by them against MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira. This video is of 3 minutes and 48 seconds,” said Bajwa in his complaint.
“This doctored video was edited in such a manner to show as if I had rendered support to Bikram Singh Majithia. All the leaders of Aam Aadmi Party started posting these doctored videos on their official X handles and circulating the same on social media,” said Bajwa. He also submitted clips of his original and the alleged doctored video.
Bajwa further emphasised that the doctored video was widely circulated in order to sabotage his political reputation and so that of Congress party. “This was done to ensure that I was defamed, maligned, accused of supporting persons facing prosecution, supporting violators of law,” he added.