New Delhi: Bihar police arrested one of many primary accused Manish Kashyap within the case of the ‘pretend’ movies of assaults on migrant employees from the state in Tamil Nadu. Kashyap who can be a YouTuber allegedly tweeted the ‘pretend’ video after which it went viral on social media. There are a number of accused within the case together with Manish Kashyap, Youraj Singh, Aman Kumar, and Rakesh Ranjan Kumar out of whom Kashyap and Aman Kumar have been arrested. According to IANS, the Bihar police are conducting raids on the potential hideouts of the accused.
“The main accused Rakesh Ranjan Kumar, a native of Gopalganj district had made the fake video in a rented accommodation in Patna’s Bangali colony under Jakkanpur police station, with the help of 2 persons on March 6. He has confessed to the crime. The whole idea behind making a video in Patna was to mislead the police of Bihar and Tamil Nadu. We have cross-checked with the landlord of Rakesh Ranjan Kumar and he has also confirmed that the video was made at his house,” the police spokesperson mentioned as quoted by IANS.
“Accordingly, the investigating team has registered an FIR against Rakesh Ranjan, Manish Kashyap, Youraj Singh, and Aman Kumar in Economic Offence Unit (EOU) police station in Patna,” he mentioned.
The police said that Manish Kashyap has had seven prison circumstances in opposition to his identify. As per an IANS report, after the Pulwama incident, he was concerned in beating some Kashmiri merchants in Patna’s Lhasa market and served a jail time period. Moreover, he additionally indulged in sharing a number of objectionable communal posts previously.
According to the spokesperson, a Hindi newspaper revealed a narrative with the headline “Madhubani Ke Ek Youwak Ki Tamil Nadu Me Hatya” (Murder of a youngster from Madhubani in Tamil Nadu), however the SP of Tirupur district in Tamil Nadu denied the information. The precise incident concerned a youth named Shambhu Mukhiya who dedicated suicide after his sister’s wedding ceremony was postponed. His spouse filed an utility at Mangalam police station in Tirupur district on March 5, claiming that he had slit his wrist.
The Bihar Police have registered two FIRs associated to the incident and recognized 30 movies posted on social media platforms reminiscent of YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Whatsapp. They have additionally recognized 26 suspicious social media accounts and issued preservation notices to 42 different social media accounts.
Currently, 4 people, together with Rakesh Ranjan Kumar, Manish Kashyap, Youraj Singh, and Aman Kumar, have been booked in reference to the case.
