Delhi, 04 May: Delhi’s Patiala House Court sent Arun Reddy, arrested in the deepfake video case of union Home Minister Amit Shah, to three days’ police custody. Reddy was arrested from Delhi on May 3. Arun Reddy operates the Twitter handle ‘Spirit of Congress’. At present he is in the custody of Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit. Reddy is also the national co-ordinator of the social media cell of the Congress.
According to the police, Arun Reddy played a major role in making the deepfake video and making it viral. Reddy is also accused of destroying evidence from the mobile phone. Delhi Police has sent Reddy’s mobile phone to the forensic lab for testing.
It is noteworthy that the misconception was being spread in the viral video on social media that Amit Shah talked about removing the reservation for SC, ST and OBC. Shah denied this and targeted the opposition. After that FIR was registered. Hyderabad Police had also arrested five social media workers of Telangana Congress in this case. All five have been granted bail by the Hyderabad trial court on a bond of Rs 10,000 each.
