Delhi Police identifies 46 Pak-based Twitter handles for spreading misinformation, case registered | India News

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have recognized 46-Pakistan-based Twitter handles which have been engaged in spreading a pretend video by which culprits tried to indicate {that a} Cabinet assembly is discussing a matter which is “against Sikh community”, knowledgeable the police.
According to Delhi Police, a pretend or morphed video has been shared on Twitter by some handles. In actuality, the stated video was of the assembly of the cupboard committee which happened on December 9, 2021, after the demise of CDS General Bipin Rawat.
“With the ill intent to promote enmity and to instigate communal disharmony, the video was morphed and a new voice-over was superimposed, in which the alleged persons tried to show that this meeting was against the Sikh community,” reads the official assertion.
“During the initial enquiry, primarily two Twitter accounts were identified which had started the propagation of this video. It was later noticed that there are various accounts (46), which had tweeted the same video with the same content and same hashtag,” it says.
“All the accounts were created between October 2021 to December 2021. The technical analysis has been revealed that these accounts were being operated from a single browser used from Pakistan,” it added.
The case has been registered by the Delhi Police Special Cell Police Station below Section 153 A of the Indian Penal Code for selling disharmony/enmity between completely different teams on the grounds of faith is prejudicial to the upkeep of concord and may disturb public tranquillity.
Cyber Crime Unit and Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations Unit, Delhi Police Special Cell is presently investigating the matter.