DJ held for hurting Gujarat CM's reputation in spoof video
What's the story
Police has detained a 30-year-old disc jockey (DJ) in Vadodara city of Gujarat on the charge of harming state Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's reputation by making and uploading a video by using a part of the latter's past speech, officials said on Friday.
The accused was identified as Pradeep Kahar, a resident of Kahar Mohalla in Dandiya Bazaar locality of Vadodara, it said.
Case
Kahar is currently under detention
He was detained on Thursday by the Vadodara city's crime branch under IPC Section 469, which deals with forgery for purpose of harming reputation, a release issued by the police said.
Right now, he has been kept under detention and will be formally arrested once his coronavirus report comes negative, the release said.
Details
Kahar allegedly made and circulated a fake electronic document
Kahar is a local DJ and uses the name "DJ Adee" on various social media platforms, including on Facebook.
"He is accused of making and circulating a fake electronic document using some portion of the CM's original speech with an intention to harm the reputation and position of the CM," the release said, quoting the FIR.
Defamation
Vadodara city crime branch sprung into action
Since it is an act of defamation, the Vadodara city crime branch, upon learning about Kahar's act from social media, detained him, it added.
"Kahar is a DJ and created a video using CM's speech on potatoes grown in Banaskantha. He also circulated the video on various social media platforms," Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, Jaydeepsinh Jadeja, said.
Spoof video
Kahar edited CM's speech to make a spoof video
In his speech, the chief minister had tried to say that potatoes grown by farmers of Banaskantha will get more price if sold to fast-food giant McDonald's for making French fries sold at their outlets.
While Kahar did not alter the original words, he cut some portions of the speech and put it together to make a spoof video of the CM, police said.