Case against Vinod Dua for ‘spreading fake news’

nNEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Thursday registered a case against journalist Vinod Dua for allegedly making statements incite trouble through his Youtube channel. Police said the FIR was filed on the complaint of Naveen Kumar, the Bhartiya Janata Party’s Delhi unit (BJP) spokesperson. Kumar said Dua was “continuously spreading and publishing false and ill-motivated news for his ulterior motive.”

He said he first filed the complaint against Dua on April 13, after he came across instances of Dua trying to instigate the minority community.

“He is trying to create a narrative that the government is against Muslims and was responsible for the riots in Delhi. He has tried to misuse media,” he said

Dua said he was yet to receive a copy of the complaint and the police are yet to inform him.

In his written complaint, Kumar alleged, that Dua who runs a show on Youtube channel called the “Vinod Dua Show”, in an episode broadcast on March 11 presented news in a false context.

Kumar also alleged that Dua misreported the Delhi riots and stated that the central government did nothing to stop the violence and misquoted BJP leader Kapil Mishra.

Police confirmed they registered an FIR on Thursday but are yet to summon Dua in connection with the probe. But no senior officer who is authorised to speak to the media including the chief of the crime branch, special commissioner Praveer Ranjan wished to comment on the probe.