Bengaluru: An FIR has been registered by the Bengaluru Police towards a Bangladeshi journalist and a girl staffer of an Indian information portal for allegedly spreading pretend information and misinformation about Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and his mom Sonia Gandhi, each senior Congress leaders.
The case was registered on the Excessive Grounds police station towards the journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhaury and Aditi – working with the information portal, for sharing his claims on its social media deal with, they stated.
In keeping with the complainant Srinivas G, related to the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), the Bangladeshi journalist allegedly shared a submit on his X deal with linking Sonia Gandhi to a overseas spy company.
He alleged Choudhary did so with an intention to malign the general public picture of the Gandhi household and that the journalist had shared such a submit to create enmity between two religions.
Srinivas charged Choudhury with having made sure claims about Rahul Gandhi.
“Based mostly on the grievance we obtained, we’ve got filed an FIR towards the 2 for allegedly spreading misinformation concerning the Gandhi household. Case has been registered beneath the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita part 196 (selling enmity between totally different teams on floor of faith, race, fatherland, residence, language, and many others, and doing acts prejudicial to upkeep of concord and 353 (2) (publishing or circulating false data to create hatred on the premise of faith and many others),” a senior police officer stated.
An investigation is underway and accordingly motion will likely be taken within the case, he stated.
