Delhi Police has registered an FIR on Tuesday against famous lawyer Prashant Bhushan. This FIR has been registered in connection with posting an edited video. According to this FIR, a video was shared from Prashant Bhushan's X handle in which the Russian Foreign Minister was allegedly speaking anti-India. It is also reported that this video was posted from some other handle which was shared by Prashant Bhushan.
Prashant Bhushan has now deleted this post but the channel 'TheQuotePost' that originally posted it still has it on its handle. The Fact Check Unit of the Ministry of External Affairs of India had also termed this video as false. While sharing this video, Prashant Bhushan had written, 'The Foreign Minister of Russia has slapped India hard on the face. What kind of advice was Jaishankar giving to Russia?
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What did Delhi Police say?
Delhi Police has written about this on the There is an allegation of creating public nuisance and spreading rumors by circulating misleading, defamatory and inflammatory material through the said video. In this regard FIR No. Under Section 263/26, Section 336(4)/353(1)(c)/356/340(2) BNS and 66C IT Act, a case has been registered in PS Special Cell.
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In a video, it was shown that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was interfering in India's domestic affairs and criticizing India for buying Russian oil. This video surfaced after the meeting between India's Foreign Minister and Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov. These two leaders met in Atlanta on October 31.