Case Lodged Against Samajwadi Party Leader In Ghaziabad Over "Communal" Video

An Samajwadi Party office-bearer confirmed that Ummaid Pehelwan Idrisi is a party worker.

The Ghaziabad Police has registered a case against a Samajwadi Party worker here over a "communal video" of an elderly Muslim man alleging attack by some young men, with the FIR also mentioning that Facebook let the "misleading" clip circulate without making efforts to verify it. The FIR, however, does not mention Facebook as an accused in the case in which opposition Samajwadi Party's worker Ummaid Pehelwan Idrisi has been charged with promoting enmity and breach of peace by circulating the video on social media and giving it a "communal colour". An SP office-bearer confirmed that Mr Idrisi was a member of the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) board during the SP government, and is still a party worker. The case was lodged at the Loni Border police station Wednesday evening, a day after Ghaziabad police booked Twitter, a news website, some journalists and Congress politicians in a separate FIR over circulation of the video.