One arrested from Jamui in Bihar for spreading ‘fake’ video on migrants beaten up in Tamil Nadu
The Hindu
The widely circulated videos on social media had created lot of hue and cry and led to several migrants flee away from Tamil Nadu to different parts of Bihar out of “fear and panic”.
A person identified as Aman was arrested on Monday from Jamui district of Bihar for spreading “fake” video of migrants being killed and beaten up in Tamil Nadu.
The widely circulated videos on social media had created lot of hue and cry and led to several migrants flee away from Tamil Nadu to different parts of Bihar out of “fear and panic”.
The Bihar government had earlier sent a four member team of top officials to Tamil Nadu to speak to officials there and visit the places like Tiruppur where the migrants were allegedly beaten up by local people.
“A 10-member team of the Economic Offence Unit (EOU) of Bihar police has been investigating the videos and has lodged and FIR in the case. A named accused identified as Aman has been arrested in the case for spreading fake videos of migrants from Bihar beaten up and killed in Tamil Nadu,” Additional Director General of Police (Headquarter) J.S. Gangwar said.
“We’ve got total 30 video posts and links regarding it and four videos and four news reports of them were found misleading and fake”, added Mr Gangwar.
Earlier, the Tamil Nadu police chief too had said in a video message that videos which had gone viral on social media were “fake and mischievous”.
Later, when Opposition party BJP in Bihar raised the issue inside state assembly and protested outside at the entrance gate of the House, CM Nitish Kumar directed state chief secretary and Director General of police to get in touch with their counterparts in Tamil Nadu to get the details.
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