Key Highlights
- While the BJP has accused Atishi of using “insensitive words” against the Guru Tegh Bahadur during a discussion in the Delhi Assembly on January 6 to mark 350 years of the martyrdom of the ninth Sikh Guru, Bhai Sati Das, Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Dayala, it has also demanded an apology from the former delhi chief minister for her alleged objectionable language hurting religious sentiments and undermining the dignity of the House.
- However, Atishi has refuted the charge, saying a video clip of her shared on social media had been tampered with by the BJP.
- In his reply, the Punjab DGP wrote that the FIR was registered following a complaint received from a Jalandhar resident who alleged that on January 7, he noticed certain video clips circulating on social media in which Atishi was allegedly shown to be making derogatory remarks against Sikh Gurus through misleading subtitles.
- It was alleged that since the original video of the actual speech, which was later uploaded on the official social media account of Atishi, did not feature any such derogatory remarks, it was clear that the video clips were edited in a manner intended to present a manipulated version of the original speech, hurt religious sentiments and provoke communal tension.
- During the course of investigation after the registration of the FIR, one of the widely circulated video clips was downloaded from a publicly available social media URL, in accordance with the prescribed procedure, wrote the DGP.
