Delhi Police file FIR in connection with doctored video of Amit Shah, summon Telangana CM

The Delhi Police on Sunday registered a first information report pertaining to a doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in which he can be purportedly heard saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party will end reservations for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in government jobs and education, PTI reported.

The police’s cyber crime unit also summoned Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on May 1 in connection with the investigation, ANI reported quoting unidentified sources. Reddy has been asked to appear with his mobile phone from which the doctored video was allegedly posted on social media platform X.

The video shows Shah addressing a rally in Telangana. The minister had said during the rally that the BJP would remove reservations for Muslims in the southern state.

The Delhi Police, which reports to the Union home ministry, has registered the first information report under sections of the Information Technology Act, according to PTI.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state police have arrested an individual named Reetom Singh in the case.

Muslims have had access to 4% reservations in education and government jobs under the Other Backward Classes category in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh since 2007. Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have said that reservation on the basis of religion is unconstitutional.

However, Shah’s video...

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