Tamil Nadu Police Slam Bihar Man Over Pretend Migrant Assault Video

A screengrab of the faux video flagged by Tamil Nadu Police

Chennai/New Delhi:

The Tamil Nadu Police have flagged a video about alleged assaults on migrant staff tweeted by a Bihar journalist as faux and warned of authorized motion in opposition to him. The police’s warning comes on a day they issued pointers on learn how to bust faux information about migrant staff being attacked in Tamil Nadu, which had created panic and compelled some staff, largely from Bihar, to depart the southern state.

The “faux” video tweeted by Manish Kasyap, who identifies himself as a “public determine” and a “journalist” on the microblogging web site, reveals some males with Band-Support on their faces and speaking about how they returned house after being attacked. One of many males even laughed earlier than speaking.

Referring to the video, the Tamil Nadu Police tweeted the incident didn’t occur of their state.

“You’ll be able to’t cheat everybody, each time. Please see this video. This incident (did) not occur in Tamil Nadu. It’s purely a scripted one. Please confirm the very fact and tweet. Stern authorized motion follows,” the police mentioned.

You’ll be able to’t cheat everybody, each time. Please see this video. This incident, not occurred in Tamil Nadu. It’s purely a scripted one. Please confirm the very fact and tweet. Stern authorized motion follows – Tamil Nadu Police. https://t.co/r7bX5mrwJfpic.twitter.com/ZgMEQGse8h

— Tamil Nadu Police (@tnpoliceoffl) March 8, 2023

Mr Kasyap within the tweet tagged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav and attacked them for “mendacity” to the individuals of Bihar as they’d mentioned no such assaults have occurred.

Mr Kasyap additionally tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the identical tweet which the Tamil Nadu Police have flagged as “faux”.

Manish Kasyap additionally tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the identical tweet which the Tamil Nadu Police have flagged as faux

The police in Tamil Nadu have issued pointers on learn how to bust rumours about assaults on migrant staff within the state. The police will identify 5 senior officers to coordinate with legislation enforcement businesses and different states over rumours, propaganda and disinformation. A employee in each firm will likely be nominated as a liaison and the particular person will likely be added on the police’s official WhatsApp group for sharing data.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has additionally reached out to migrant staff within the state and guaranteed them there is no such thing as a risk to them as hinted by the rumours.

Tamil Nadu has a sizeable variety of migrant employee inhabitants, with many from Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal working in sectors together with building.

A four-member Bihar authorities delegation yesterday met officers and staff in Chennai and expressed satisfaction over the state authorities’s actions after the faux movies emerged.

The delegation had earlier travelled to Tirupur and Coimbatore, each of which make use of a lot of migrant staff.