Bhopal: I have no issues with the FIR, but it should be checked that who edited the video, said former Madhya Pradesh CM Digvijay Singh on the FIR filed against him in connection with an alleged fake video regarding Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan shared by him on social media.
"Tribals of Budhni were duped of Rs 4.50 Cr by agents of SS Chouhan & no FIR was registered in his tenure. I had written to him that if there is no action, I'll stage sit-in protest at his residence. It perturbed BJP...It should be checked that who edited the video," he said.
The Madhya Pradesh Police have registered a case in connection with the circulation of an alleged 'edited' video of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's old statement on liquor, and launched a probe in this connection.
"The matter of editing an old video of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and circulating it on social media with an aim of spoiling his image has been taken seriously. The case is being investigated by registering an FIR under the Cyber Act," Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Bhopal, Irshad Wali, said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, leaders of the ruling BJP submitted a complaint to the police demanding that an FIR be filed against Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh, who allegedly shared this video on his Twitter handle.
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A BJP delegation, headed by former minister Umashankar Gupta, submitted a memorandum to the crime branch of Bhopal police, seeking a case against Digvijaya Singh for sharing the 'edited' video.
In their complaint to the crime branch, the BJP leaders said that Chouhan had given a statement against the liquor policy of the then Kamal Nath government on January 12 this year.
This 2.19-minute video was edited and a nine-second part of it was shared on Twitter by Singh to malign the image of the chief minister, the BJP leaders said in the complaint.
They demanded a case against the senior Congress leader and his associates for 'conspiring to malign the CM's image'.
Gupta said that the police officials have assured them action as per the law after the investigation.
BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma also shared the screenshot of Digvijaya Singh's tweet and said that the post has now been deleted.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said that he has directed the officials to take strict legal action against the offenders, who twisted the CMs statement against the liquor mafia.
The Congress has not yet reacted on this issue.
"The video was shared on social media and a large number of people shared it. The police should go to the source of the video instead of making it a political issue," a Congress leader said on condition of anonymity.
With Inputs from Agencies
