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FIR against AAP over 'doctored video' of Punjab Cong leader Partap Bajwa
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....IR against AAP over 'doctored video' of Punjab Cong leader Partap Bajwa<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 11-7-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Chandigarh, Jul 11 (PTI) A case was registered against an "unknown media handler" of AAP based on a complaint by Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa, who accused the ruling party of taking the video he posted related to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia's case, and circulating it after ....
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....allegedly doctoring it, officials said on Friday. According to the FIR, the case was registered under BNS Sections 336 (4) (forgery), 356 (defamation) and 61 (2) (criminal conspiracy). In his complaint, Bajwa had sought an FIR against the Aam Aadmi Party, "their concerned leaders and their henchmen in fabricating videos against me", as he referred to a recent case against Shiromani Akali Dal (SA....
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....D) leader Majithia, who was arrested in a disproportionate assets case. "Recently, an FIR was registered against Majithia by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau. His wife, Ganieve Kaur, is a Member of the Legislative Assembly, Punjab. In blatant violation of the law, officials from the Punjab Vigilance Bureau entered her home and even went into her bedroom. Such conduct towards a woman is unacceptable an....
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....d contrary to the law," Bajwa stated. Reacting to the development, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann accused the Centre of trying to "muzzle" the voice of democracy by lodging an FIR against AAP. "They always do this whenever someone speaks the truth," Mann remarked, stating that party leaders like Manish Sisodia, and Sanjay Singh, including party chief Arvind Kejriwal, have been imprisoned fo....
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....r speaking out. Asserting that the AAP was not afraid of the FIR, finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema accused Bajwa of having a "link" with the BJP. Congress leader Bajwa had stated that on June 25, he posted a 3-minute-48-second video on X at 3.13 pm, criticising the actions of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau officials. He also highlighted similar misconduct by them towards Congress MLA Sukhpal Si....
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....ngh Khaira. Bajwa alleged that the AAP's official social media accounts on X and Facebook edited his video to remove references to Ganieve Kaur and her position as a female MLA. "This doctored video was manipulated to suggest that I supported Majithia. Subsequently, AAP leaders began sharing these altered videos on their official X accounts and circulating them on social media, implying that I s....
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....upported Majithia, who is under investigation," his complaint read. Bajwa further claimed that finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema shared the edited video on his Facebook account and that minister Aman Arora did likewise on AAP Punjab's Facebook page. "This edited video was purposely circulated to damage my political reputation and that of the Congress Party. I was defamed and falsely accused o....
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....f supporting a person facing prosecution and siding with lawbreakers, while the original issue I raised regarding the conduct of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau officials was obscured," he alleged. Bajwa sought an FIR and an investigation into the allegations against the persons involved and their accomplices. "Democracy provides for freedom of speech, but does not permit fabrication and doctoring o....
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....f videos to harm the reputation of a person and misleading the public. Therefore, I request that requisite legal action be initiated against them at the earliest," Bajwa stated in his complaint. PTI CHS SUN VSD MPL MPL<BR> News - Press release - PIB....