Two teams of Delhi Police raids Twitter India offices to serve notices in connection with the probe into the alleged ‘Congress toolkit’ matter.
This two teams of Special Cell went to Twitter India offices located in Delhi’s Lado Sarai and Gurgaon. The police said that the visits were part of a “routine process”. “This was necessitated as it was to ascertain who the right person was to serve a notice, as replies by Twitter India MD had been very ambiguous,” said police.
“Delhi Police is enquiring into a complaint in which clarification is sought from the Twitter regarding the classification of a tweet by Sambit Patra as ‘manipulative’. It appears that Twitter has some information which is not known to us on the basis of which they have classified it as such. This information is relevant to the enquiry. Special Cell which is conducting the enquiry wants to find out the truth. Twitter which has claimed to know the underlying truth should clarify,” a statement by the Delhi Police said.
However last week, Twitter flagged as manipulated media Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Samit Patra’s tweet on a toolkit that the ruling party claimed the Congress allegedly prepared to defame Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The BJP alleged the toolkit was aimed at building a “biased narrative” over the manner in which the Centre handled the second wave of the coronavirus disease and the government’s aggressive push for the Central Vista project in the national capital.
Just after Twitter’s reaction on BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, the ministry of electronics and information technology sent a strongly worded notice to Twitter and stated that its decision to use the manipulated media tag shows “prejudged and prejudiced.”
“It appears that Twitter has some information that is not known to the police. This information is relevant to the inquiry,” Delhi Police PRO Chinmoy Biswal told news agency PTI.
