Congress worker sent to one day judicial custody for circulating doctored video of Amit Shah
Arun Reddy had been arrested on Friday for allegedly sharing the video in which Shah purportedly said that the BJP will end reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs.
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A Delhi court on Monday remanded Congress worker Arun Reddy to one day’s judicial custody for circulating a doctored video of Union home minister Amit Shah on social media, the Hindustan Times reported.
On May 3, the Delhi Police arrested the 37-year-old Congress worker for allegedly sharing the video in which Shah purportedly claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party would end reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in government jobs and education.
Reddy is the All India Congress Committee’s national coordinator for social media and runs the “Spirit of Congress” account on X.
On Monday, the police sought Reddy’s judicial custody for two weeks, but the duty magistrate, Neha Garg, sent him to one day’s judicial custody and said that the matter was pending before another judge. The magistrate directed that Reddy be produced before the concerned judge on Tuesday.
The Congress worker also filed a bail application before the court, which issued the notice to the Delhi Police and listed the matter for Tuesday.
Reddy was arrested after multiple raids in the national capital and other states, including Telangana, Deputy Commissioner of Police Hemant Tiwari said on May 4. Reddy’s electronic devices were also seized to investigate the software he used to tamper with the original video.
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