Screengrab of fake video flagged by Tamil Nadu Police
Chennai/New Delhi:
Tamil Nadu Police has flagged a video about alleged attacks on migrant workers tweeted by a journalist from Bihar and warned of legal action against him. police warning comes on the day they issued guidelines How to debunk fake news about the attack on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu that had triggered panic and forced some workers, mostly from Bihar, to leave the southern state.
The “fake” video tweeted by Manish Kashyap, who identifies himself as a “public figure” and “journalist” on the microblogging website, shows some men with band-aids on their faces and talking how they returned home after being attacked. One of the men laughed even before he could speak.
Referring to the video, the Tamil Nadu Police tweeted that the incident did not happen in their state.
Police said, “You cannot cheat everyone every time. Please watch this video. This incident did not happen in Tamil Nadu. It is completely a scripted. Please verify the fact and tweet. Strict legal action.” Will be.” ,
You can’t cheat everyone, every time. Please watch this video. This incident did not happen in Tamil Nadu. It is completely scripted. Please verify and tweet the truth. Strict legal action follows – Tamil Nadu Police. https://t.co/r7bX5mrwJfpic.twitter.com/ZgMEQGse8h
– Tamil Nadu Police (@tnpoliceoffl) March 8, 2023
Mr Kashyap tagged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav in the tweet and attacked them for “lying” to the people of Bihar as they said no such attack had taken place.
Mr Kashyap also tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the same tweet, which the Tamil Nadu police described as “fake”.
Manish Kashyap also tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the same tweet, which Tamil Nadu police termed as fake.
Police in Tamil Nadu have issued guidelines to bust rumors about attacks on migrant workers in the state. The police will name five senior officers to coordinate with law enforcement agencies and other states on rumours, propaganda and disinformation. A worker in each company will be designated as a contact and that person will be added to the police’s official WhatsApp group to share information.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin also reached out to migrant workers in the state and assured them that they were not threatened by the rumours.
Tamil Nadu has a sizeable number of migrant workers, with many from Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal working in sectors including construction.
A four-member delegation of the Bihar government met officials and activists in Chennai yesterday and expressed satisfaction over the action taken by the state government after the fake video surfaced.
The delegation had earlier visited Tiruppur and Coimbatore, both of which employ a large number of migrant workers.
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