New Delhi: Delhi Police have registered an FIR against senior advocate Prashant Bhushan in connection with the alleged sharing on social media of an anti-India and doctored video of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. According to police, the video showed Lavrov making critical remarks about India’s foreign policy and its purchase of oil from Russia. The Ministry of External Affairs has described the video as fake and digitally manipulated.
According to police officials, the matter was taken cognisance of during cyber patrolling on November 3. A post from a social media handle claimed that the video had been shared from Prashant Bhushan’s X account. Along with the video, Bhushan had also posted a comment questioning advice given by India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to Russia.
In the video, Lavrov was allegedly quoted as saying that India is only a trading partner of Russia and has no right to advise Russia on its foreign policy. However, the fact-check unit of the Ministry of External Affairs termed it fake. The Russian embassy also denied the authenticity of the remarks shown in the video.
Delhi Police’s Special Cell has registered a case under Sections 336(4), 353(1)(c), 356 and 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and Section 66C of the Information Technology Act. Police are now investigating the source of the video, the manipulation carried out in it, and its circulation on social media. Registration of an FIR marks the beginning of an investigation into the allegations and is not a finding of guilt.
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