Amit Shah Fake Video Case: Delhi Police Nabs Telangana Congress Leader, Manickam Tagore Slams ‘Authoritarian Misuse Of Power’

Amit Shah Fake Video Case: The Delhi Police arrested Arun Reddy, who handles the 'Spirit of Congress' X account, in the Amit Shah 'deepfake morphed video' case.

The Delhi Police arrested Arun Reddy, who handles the 'Spirit of Congress' X account, in the Amit Shah 'deepfake morphed video' case. Image used for representational purpose only.

Source : PTI

Amit Shah Fake Video Case: The Delhi Police arrested Congress leader Arun Reddy, who handles the 'Spirit of Congress' X account, in connection with Union Home Minister Amit Shah's alleged morphed video that went viral recently.

Delhi Police arrest Arun Reddy, who handles the 'Spirit of Congress' X account, in the Union Home Minister Amit Shah 'deepfake morphed video' case: Delhi Police pic.twitter.com/tOnyJBuTWT

— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2024

Reacting to Reddy's arrest, MP Manickam Tagore said that the Congress leader had been detained by the police with no information. He demanded the immediate release of Reddy and "condemned the authoritarian misuse of power." "Our Telangana colleague Arun Reddy, has been detained by @DelhiPolice for 24hrs with no information or FIR disclosed. We demand the immediate release of Arun. This authoritarian misuse of power by the regime is condemnable," Tagore said in a post on X. 

Our Telangana colleague Arun Reddy, has been detained by @DelhiPolice for 24hrs with no information or FIR disclosed. We demand the immediate release of Arun. This authoritarian misuse of power by the regime is condemnable. #ReleaseSpiritOfCongress #ReleaseArunReddy pic.twitter.com/bL0dG2O4UD

— Manickam Tagore .B🇮🇳மாணிக்கம் தாகூர்.ப (@manickamtagore) May 3, 2024

On Friday, Hyderabad city police said they arrested five Telangana Congress party social media activists in connection with the morphed video case. According to PTI, the accused were produced before a local court which granted them bail with a condition that each person will have to submit two sureties worth Rs 10,000 each and appear before the investigating officer on Monday and Friday till further orders.

According to a statement issued by the police, they received a complaint on April 27 from a state BJP leader alleging that the Telangana Congress Pradesh Congress Party on its X account posted morphed or fabricated video of Amit Shah's speech during his election campaign and public meeting at Siddipet recently, in violation of IT Act.

The police said that the deliberate and mischievous act of morphing the video is aimed at misleading people and voters and creating fear amongst the OBC communities, as reported by PTI. They further stated that they registered a case under Sections 469 (forgery), 505(1)C (circulating rumour), 171G (spreading false information), among others.

According to police, on April 23, during a public meeting in Medak, Amit Shah made a speech. The A1 received a morphed video and uploaded it on the "@INCTelangana" handle on X besides sharing it on various WhatsApp groups while A2 to A5 saw the video and further shared it to their individual X handles.

When notified by X about the sensitivity of the content, the video was deleted, they said. Earlier, the Delhi Police summoned Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on May 1 for questioning in a case of a doctored video of Amit Shah.