A Police Complaint has been lodged against Swara Bhasker over Ghaziabad's viral assault video!
A Police complaint has been lodged against Bollywood actress Swara Bhasker and few others namely Journalist-Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari. The case has been registered as they uploaded a viral video on social media which showcased an old man being beaten up.
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In the viral video, an elderly Muslim man was being beaten up by some people in Ghaziabad on June 5.
As per the reports, the police received the complaint against Swara Bhasker, and others at Tilak Marg police station.
The complaint has been filed under sections 153, 153 A, 295-A, 120-B & 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The video which went viral features an elderly Muslim man whose beard was forcibly chopped off and was made to chant 'Jai Shreeram and Vande Mataram'.
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As per the reports, the investigation is still being held however, the elderly man, identified as Abdul Shamad Saifi, and the miscreants knew each other, and the cops have already arrested three persons involved in the case.
The case filed against Swara and others accused that they were sharing the video with a communal angle. "In spite of clear information available, the above cited users used this incident communalise and spread hat(e) amongst the religions. Moreover, Twitter Inc., Twitter Communication India Private Limited and Mr Manish Maheshwari (Managing Director - Twitter India) did not take any action to remove these false tweets knowing the fact that the incident did not have any kind of communal angle." the document read.
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On the work front, Swara Bhasker will next be seen in 'Jahaan Chaar Yaar' directed by Kamal Pandey.