The Aam Aadmi Party Government on Saturday filed a criminal complaint case in a court against three private news channels for allegedly tampering with the video of the controversial Jawaharlal Nehru University event on February 9 where “anti-India slogans were raised allegedly.
The matter will now be heard on April 25 in Patiala House Courts complex.
later, on the basis of these allegedly doctored tapes, JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar along with Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, were accused and arrested for sedition.
Earlier, a report by New Delhi’s District Magistrate was also submitted to the Delhi Government on March 2 stating that “no direct link” has been found between JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and the anti-India sloganeering on at the February 9 campus event.
According to the DM’s report, seven videos related to JNU incident were sent to Truth labs, Hyderabad, of which three were found to be doctored. “In those doctored versions, video has been edited and voices added. It further added that the role of Umar Khalid, another JNU student accused of raising anti-India slogans, needs to be further investigated.