New Delhi: A day after acting against Twitter India in connection with the probe into an alleged ‘Covid toolkit’, the Delhi Police has now sent similar notices to two Congress leaders in connection with the case.
Yesterday, the police served notice to Twitter asking it to explain why it marked Sambit Patra’s post as “manipulated media” and then followed it up with a visit to the company’s offices.
Rajiv Gowda and Rohan Gupta, who filed a complaint against Sambit Patra accusing him of sharing a faked “Congress toolkit”, have been asked by the police to join the investigation and record their statements.
The Delhi Police investigations involve Sambit Patra’s tweet on May 18, shared by several BJP leaders, which had screenshots of what he called a “Congress toolkit” aimed at discrediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government’s handling of Covid.
On May 19, the Congress lodged a police complaint seeking registration of cases against BJP chief J P Nadda, Union minister Smriti Irani, BJP general secretary B L Santosh and Patra over the alleged forgery of documents.