New Delhi: The Special Cell of the Delhi Police which was probing the alleged Congress toolkit case has decided to end the investigation. The issue initially had stoked a political storm following a tweet by BJP's Sambit Patra. Earlier, a special notice has been issued to Twitter, by the terror unit. Along with that two Congress leaders, who filed a complaint against BJP leaders, have been served notice by the Delhi Police's Special Cell in connection with the alleged toolkit case. However, despite a two month investigation, the Special Cell did not get any specific information in this case. On the other hand, the leaders of the Congress party too didn't want any further action. As a result, the investigation has been dropped.
According to the police, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra had tweeted an alleged toolkit a few months back, accusing the Congress of trying to defame the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Following the row, Congress objecting to the tweet, had approached Delhi Police to register an FIR against Patra, BJP national President J.P. Nadda, party leader B.L. Santhosh, Union Minister Smriti Irani, and others for forgery. Also, Twitter had described the tweet of BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra as "manipulated media". This led to the investigation of this case being handed over to the special cell from the local police.
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It was in this backdrop, that the Delhi Police's Special Cell teams raided the offices of Twitter India in Delhi and Gurgaon in connection with the probe into the alleged 'COVID toolkit' matter. Two teams of the Special Cell had visited the Twitter India offices located in Delhi's Lado Sarai and Gurgaon, on the outskirts of the national capital. Later, the Congress party had also lodged an FIR in Chhattisgarh regarding the matter, saying that it does not want to pursue the investigation in Delhi. Due to this, instructions have been given to the Special Cell from the Police Headquarters to close the investigation.
