Patna: Days after the arrest of a person for allegedly sharing “fake” movies of assaults on migrants in Tamil Nadu on social media, the Bihar Police on Friday registered a contemporary FIR towards 4 individuals as a part of its probe into the case. The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the state police filed the FIR towards Youtuber Manish Kashyap, Yuvraj Singh and two others “on the charges of indulging in spreading fake videos of migrants being killed and beaten up in Tamil Nadu on social media”, a senior officer mentioned. “Despite repeated summons by investigators, both Manish Kashyap and Yuvraj Singh did not turn up before the EOU sleuths. They are absconding. Now the EOU has initiated a process to arrest them,” Bihar Police (Headquarters) Additional Director General JS Gangwar informed reporters right here on Friday.
The EOU had on March 6 registered its first FIR in reference to the case and booked 4 individuals. Those named within the case are Aman Kumar, Rakesh Tiwary, Yuvraj Singh Rajput and Manish Kashyap.
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It had already arrested Kumar from Jamui in reference to its probe into the case.
“Investigations by the EOU have revealed that the accused were indulging in spreading fake videos of migrants being killed and beaten up in Tamil Nadu on social media. Thirty such videos were shared on social media, forcing migrant workers from Bihar to flee Tamil Nadu in panic”.
Notices have already been despatched to social media service suppliers for “preserving 42 such videos for further investigation”, the ADG mentioned.
“A 10-member team of the EOU is analysing these videos…And those posting and sharing such videos for spreading rumours will be dealt with strictly. The Tamil Nadu police have also registered 13 cases to probe the matter,” Gangwar mentioned.
The Tamil Nadu administration has opened assist desks for the folks to lodge complaints towards those that are indulging in such actions and in addition for individuals who want any help, he mentioned.
The Bihar authorities had, final week, despatched a four-member staff to the southern state to coordinate with officers who have been investigating the matter there.
