Ghaziabad police claimed that Saifi was beaten by people who were given an amulet (Tabeez) that they believed did not work.
Three days after registering an FIR against Twitter, some journalists and politicians, the Ghaziabad police now sent a notice to Twitter India doctor Manish Maheshwari, asking him to join the investigation in the case of the assault of an elderly Muslim man, whose video went viral on social media. The video was shared with a community angle by several journalists and politicians, while the Ghaziabad police denied the claim. The video was shared alleging that the Muslim man was assaulted, asked to sing Jai Shri Ram and had his beard cut off. However, the police claimed that he was beaten by the people to whom he gave an amulet (Tabeez) who they believed did not work.
Since the video was shared on Twitter despite a clarification from the Ghaziabad police, the police reserved Twitter for not tagging the content of ‘Manipulated Media’ to allow it to circulate freely.
Maheshwari has been asked to appear at the Loni Border Police Station within seven days and record his statement.
Yesterday, lawyer Amit Acharya filed a police complaint against actor Swara Bhaskar, journalist Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Asif Khan of Twitter India and Manish Maheshwari, at the Tilak Marg police station in Delhi, for allegedly sharing the video with the aim of disturbing community harmony. .
Ghaziabad police had booked Twitter Inc, Twitter Communications India, The Wire news website, journalists Mohammed Zubair and Rana Ayyub, Congressional leaders Salman Nizami, Maskoor Usmani, Shama Mohamed, and writer Saba Naqvi for sharing the video without authenticating the content and not deleting it. despite clarifications from the police.
While Abdul Shamad Saifi, the Muslim attacked in the video, allegedly said that he was attacked by some youths and forced to sing ‘Jai Shri Ram’, the district police said they had not made any such accusations in their FIR filed in June. 7. Police have so far arrested nine people in the case. Those arrested reportedly include Pravesh Gujjar, Kallu, Adil, Arif and Mushahid.
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