An FIR has been registered against BJP IT cell ਮੁੱਖ Amit Malviya and Republic TV Editor-in-ਮੁੱਖ Arnab Goswami for allegedly spreading false information, ਪੁਲਿਸ said.
The case was filed at High Grounds ਪੁਲਿਸ station based on a complaint by Shrikant Swaroop B N, head of the legal cell of the Indian Youth Congress. The case is registered under Sections 192 and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which deal with causing provocation and insult that can lead to public unrest.
Swaroop accused Malviya and Goswami of leading a campaign to spread false ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ. He claimed that they wrongly said the Istanbul Congress Centre in Turkey is the office of the Indian National Congress (INC).
He said the goal was to mislead ਲੋਕ, defame the INC, stir nationalist feelings, and cause unrest. He also said the act could harm national security and democracy.
The complaint mentions that ਭਾਰਤ-Turkey relations are already tense due to Turkey’s support for Pakistan. In this context, spreading such false claims could make things worse.
Swaroop called this act a serious attack on ਭਾਰਤ’s democracy and urged the Press Council, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the CBI, and other authorities to take immediate action.
