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Journalist Arrested Over Fabricated Jantar Mantar Protest Video
Delhi Police arrested a journalist over a video shared online.
Police say the video was changed to make it look like real CCTV footage.
It appeared to show a police officer behaving inappropriately, and the officer’s name and photo were shown beside it.
Police say they traced one account that shared the video to the journalist and recovered a phone.
They are investigating how the video was made and whether more people were involved.
The officer is also facing separate allegations from a woman journalist, which are being investigated separately.
Meanwhile, police have given body cameras to some officers working at protests.
The cameras can record what happens between officers and protesters.
Delhi Police arrested independent journalist Nadeem Ahmed Ameen on October 5 in Haryana’s Mewat region.
Police said a manipulated video falsely appeared to show assistant commissioner Vivek Bhagat behaving sexually inappropriately with a woman.
The video was circulated on Instagram and Facebook and presented as CCTV footage, police said.
Police said they traced an Instagram account to Ameen and recovered a phone they allege was used to share the video.
Police are investigating whether the video’s circulation was part of a larger conspiracy; separately, body-worn cameras have been issued to officers deployed at protests.
- Who
- Delhi Police arrested journalist Nadeem Ahmed Ameen; the video falsely identified assistant commissioner Vivek Bhagat, according to police.
- What
- Ameen is accused of circulating a manipulated video presented as CCTV footage.
- Where
- The video circulated on Instagram and Facebook; Ameen was arrested in Haryana’s Mewat region.
- When
- The case was registered on October 4, and Ameen was arrested on October 5; the year is not specified for those dates.
- Why
- Police are investigating the circulation of the video and whether it was part of a larger pre-planned conspiracy.
Key facts
- Accused
- Nadeem Ahmed Ameen, an independent journalist
- Arrest
- October 5 in Haryana’s Mewat region
- Case registered
- October 4
- Video platforms
- Instagram and Facebook
- Account traced by police
- @news_aaina0776
- News account
- News Aina Today, with around 24,000 subscribers, according to police
- Separate investigation
- The cyber police case is separate from the investigation into allegations against Vivek Bhagat.
- Body cameras
- Delhi Police issued body-worn cameras to frontline personnel deployed at protests.
Quotes
Sachin Sharma
Deputy commissioner of police for New Delhi.
“An investigation is in progress to ascertain his source of funding and to verify if any larger pre-planned conspiracy was hatched to spread instigation and anarchy during the said protest.”
telegraphindia.com
“We recovered a mobile phone allegedly used to circulate the video. The accused works as an independent journalist and operates an Instagram news account, News Aina Today.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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