According to an India Today report, an FIR was registered against filmmaker Avinash Das by Ahmedabad Police for sharing a photo of Union Home Minister Amit Shah with arrested IAS officer Pooja Singhal.
The photograph, as per the police, was taken five years ago and the filmmaker had shared it now to malign/defame Amit Shah’s image and mislead people. The filmmaker has also been booked for insulting the national flag by sharing a picture of a woman wearing a tricolour.
Avinash Das, according to Ahmedabad Crime Branch officials, shared a photo of Shah with arrested Jharkhand cadre IAS officer Pooja Singhal on Twitter on May 8. In caption to the picture, Das that it was taken before the IAS officer’s arrest.
“This was done to malign the image of Amit Shah and mislead people. This is an intention to defame the image of Amit Shah. Das also shared an objectionable picture of a woman wearing a tricolour on his Facebook. The image is an insult to our tricolour,” the crime branch officials said.
The filmmaker, who made Anarkali of Aarah, has been booked under various sections. The matter is being further investigated and the filmmaker is likely to be called in by crime branch for questioning.
Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested IAS officer and Jharkhan mining secretary Pooja Singhal for alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds among other charges.
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