Bihar Police Arrest Man For Fake Videos Of Workers Attacked In Tamil Nadu

Patna: 

Amid rumours of migrant workers from Bihar being attacked in Tamil Nadu, the Bihar Police has made one arrest, and filed a case against several individuals for spreading misleading information on social media.

Jitendra Singh Gangawar, ADG Police Headquarters, said one arrest has been made from Jamui district in connection with fake videos of alleged attacks on migrant workers. “Those who have made the post and shared the post for rumours will be arrested. Police is going to take strict action against them. A 10-member team is doing the investigations,” he said at a press conference today.

Four people have been named in the case. The arrested person has been identified as Aman Kumar from Jamui. Police say they found several such videos from his phone.

On reports that a Bihari migrant worker was killed and hung in Tamil Nadu, Mr Gangawar clarified that a suicide case was made to look like a murder. “An old case from Tamil Nadu was made to look like a person from Bihar was killed and hung. There was another video where it was alleged that some Bihari migrants were being beaten by locals. The police officer said it was found that the video was from Bihar-Jharkhand, and had nothing to do with Tamil Nadu.

Mr Gangwar said they have sent preservation notice to Facebook, YouTube, Gmail under which all these service providers are directed to save the links with them for about three months so that thorough investigation is done in case someone deletes it.

The video was made deliberately to sway the public with propaganda, Mr Gangwar further said, adding that there could have been worse situations arising because of this video. “A DSP and 4 members are currently in Tamil Nadu to investigate,” he added.