The Economic Offence Unit of the Bihar police has lodged an FIR towards Manish Kashyap, a outstanding YouTuber, in a case associated to the sharing of a faux video of alleged assaults on Bihari migrants in Tamil Nadu.
A four-member committee had visited Tamil Nadu to probe the case, and had submitted its report back to the Chief Minister’s Office on March 11.
The faux video had created panic amongst Bihari migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. Mr. Kashyap was booked underneath Sections 153/153(a), 153(b), 505 (1) b, 505 (1) c, 468/471/120 (b) and 67 of the IT Act, 2000.
FIRs have been additionally lodged towards Aman Kumar, Rakesh Tiwari and Yuvraj Singh Rajput. According to the police, the mastermind was Manish Kashyap.
In a separate case, a youth, recognized as Umesh Mahto, was arrested from Gopalganj district on March 11 for spreading rumours in regards to the demise of a migrant employee in Tamil Nadu. He had uploaded a faux video on social media.
“The Economic Offence Unit found that the videos on social media were fake, and FIRs have been lodged under several sections. Ten-member committees are probing the case and, altogether, 30 videos have been identified, along with 26 Twitter, Facebook and YouTube accounts. The investigation is under way. Manish Kashyap tweeted a video on 8th March, which is also fake and objectionable. Rakesh Ranjan Kumar, of Gopalganj district, who uploaded that fake video, revealed during interrogation that it was shot in a rented house in Jakkanpur, Patna, on March 6,” Additional Director-General of Police J.S. Gangwar mentioned.
On Sunday, Manish Kashyap posted a photograph that includes handcuffs on his new Twitter deal with, claiming that he had been arrested by the Bihar police. The authorities issued an announcement saying the picture was faux, and he had not been arrested but. The Bihar police mentioned it was an outdated picture, and one other FIR could be lodged in this regard.
According to an EOU official, a recent FIR was lodged towards Mr. Kashyap underneath Sections 153 (b)/504/505 (1) (b)/505 (1) (c)/468/471/120 B of the IPC and 66/66 (d)/74 of the IT Act, 2000.
Ever for the reason that FIR was lodged, Mr. Kashyap, Mr. Tiwari and Mr. Rajput have been absconding, and the EOU is on the lookout for them.
In 2019, the statue of King Edward VII put in in the premises of Maharani Janki Kunwar Hospital was broken in West Champaran district of Bihar. Mr.Kashyap had supported the vandalizing statue in the identify of nationalism by posting a number of images and movies on social media. Police had lodged an FIR towards him.
