Extremism
Karnataka: Journalist, 2 BJP workers booked for morphing video to show Muslim woman saying ‘Pakistan Zindabad’
Karnataka: Police have booked a right-wing journalist and two BJP workers in Karnataka for morphing a video of a Muslim woman saying “Ambedkar Zindabad” to make it appear “Pakistan Zindabad” and sharing it on social media platforms.
The trio has been identified as Harish S.N, a local news reporter for Kannada Prabha who is also the president of the journalist association in Somwarpet, Bhartiya Janta Party’s Gram Panchayat member Raghu, and the party’s local activist Girish.
In Kodagu, Muslim women used "Ambedkar Zindabad" slogans at a protest. A video went viral alleging it was "Pakistan Zindabad". Police investigation found that the video was morphed by a @KannadaPrabha journalist. The paper is owned by AsianetSuvarna run by @Rajeev_GoI. FIR filed
— Yeh Log ! (@yehlog) November 20, 2021
The incident, as per Maktoob Media report, happened in the Shanivarasanthe Police station area in Karnataka’s Kodagu district.
The original video was captured on November 12, when a group of Muslim women protested against the arrest of a Muslim man outside a police station.
The protesters claimed that the man was falsely charged, and demanded that he be released. A woman protester shouted ‘Ambedkar Zindabad’ at this protest and this was captured in the video.
The video was morphed to make it appear like the Muslim woman was shouting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ and Harish and Raghu used the morphed video to call for a bandh in Shanivarasanthe on 15 November, the report said, claiming that Hindus in the area were oppressed.
Girish, the Bharatiya Janata Party worker shared the morphed video on several WhatsApp groups with a message that read: “People from the Muslim community have shouted Pakistan Zindabad in front of the Shanivarasanthe police station. The police must arrest and register a case against these anti-nationals.”
Police have booked the accused under sections 34 [(criminal) acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention] and 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot—if rioting be committed—if not committed) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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