First Information Report

SRINAGAR — Police in central Kashmir’s Budgam district have booked a social media user for allegedly posting a video containing fake footage of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on platform ‘X’.

A top official told Srinagar-based news gathering agency KDC that it has been reliably learnt that a post containing the ‘fake, doctored’ video of the Union Home Minister of India has been shared on social media platform ‘X’ (previously Twitter).

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“The intention behind the act was spreading misleading information to create disharmony among communities and different sections of society,” he said.

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He said that the said social media post has been shared under the account (handle) name ‘Iliyas Mir Magami’ @Magamiiliyas on platform ‘X’.

Meanwhile, an FIR number 47/2024 under sections 505(2) and 171G of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at Police Station Magam into the matter, and further investigations have been initiated.

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