Amritsar Police to move against BJP social media handles over posts linking Jantar Mantar protest to ISI
Amritsar Police are initiating legal action against BJP social media handles for allegedly misrepresenting a police press conference. The police claim the party edited videos to falsely link Jantar Mantar protesters to a terror module.
Why it matters
This incident underscores the growing tension regarding misinformation and the weaponization of social media in political discourse.
New Delhi: Nearly 24 hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shared on social media an excerpt of a media statement from Amritsar Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, claiming it proved a Pakistan link in the Jantar Mantar protest, the Amritsar Police said it would initiate legal proceedings against the social media handles of the party.
An Amritsar Police spokesperson said that the handles of the BJP uploaded “trimmed” videos of the press conference, and used them with edited background and extracts to give an impression that the city police chief had suggested protestors at Jantar Mantar had links with members of the terror module busted by the police. The city police said that legal proceedings under Information Technology Act 2000 will be initiated in response.
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