Telangana CM Summoned by Delhi Police in Amit Shah’s Doctored Video Case

New Delhi: Delhi police on Monday summoned Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy in connection with the investigation related to a doctored video of Home Minister Amit Shah. He has been asked to appear on May 1.

Delhi police has issued summons to four other people from Telangana to join the enquiry into the case.

The video was allegedly shared by the official X handle of Telangana Congress, which was reposted by several Congress leaders of the state, claiming that the video showed the BJP’s “agenda to abolish SC/ST reservation quotas”.

After registering a complaint from the BJP, the Delhi Police has initiated an investigation into the case.

In the doctored video, viral on social media, the Home Minister was seen advocating for the abolition of reservation quotas for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Delhi police have filed a case under Sections 153, 153A, 465, 469, 171G of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 66C of the Information Technology (IT) Act and also sent notices to the X and Facebook seeking information on the accounts that uploaded and shared the video.