Bengaluru (PTI): A case has been registered against BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya following a complaint by a Congress leader alleging that the saffron party leader promoted enmity and instigated people by posting a video on social media portraying Rahul Gandhi in a bad light, police said on Wednesday.

The complaint was lodged by the Congress Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee member Ramesh Babu in connection with a tweet posted by Malviya.

The tweet showed an animated video allegedly depicting Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party in poor light.

According to the FIR, Malviya tweeted a video with captions, "Rahul Gandhi is dangerous and playing an insidious game" and "More dangerous are people who are pulling strings of #Raga like Sam P, staunchly anti-India, they leave no stone unturned to defame India overseas, just to embarrass Hon'ble PM @Narendramodi ji."

Malviya has been booked under sections 153(A), 120(B), 505(2) and 34 of the IPC which pertain to promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony' and conspiracy.

Soon after the FIR was registered, Malviya reposted the same tweet with a caption in Hindi, "Rahul Gandhi Videshi Taaqaton ka Mohra" (Rahul Gandhi a pawn of foreign forces).

Bengaluru South Lok Sabha member Tejasvi Surya tweeted: "The FIR filed against Sri @amitmalviya is politically motivated. Plain and simple".

"Case is registered under 153A and 505(2) of IPC for his alleged statement against Rahul Gandhi. Both the above sections deal with promoting enmity between groups. So, what is Rahul Gandhi? An individual or a group or a class? We will challenge this in the court & ensure justice," Surya said.

Karnataka IT-BT Minister Priyank Kharge, who had accompanied Babu on June 19 to lodge the complaint, told reporters here today that the BJP cries foul whenever it faces the brunt of law.

"They (BJP) have a problem with following the law of the land and they have a problem with the Constitution. And if we enforce the law or the constitution they have a problem with that," he alleged.

The son Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge further said: "I would like to ask the BJP, tell me which part of the FIR that has been lodged against Malviya with a malafide intention. Who is the creator of the video? Who is the one spreading the video? Who is getting the video to have enough traction on social media? Who is spreading these lies? I have promised the people of Karnataka that fake news will be reined in."

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New Delhi: A woman journalist associated with the news portal 'Molitics,' who was covering the New Delhi Railway Station stampede incident on Saturday evening, has alleged intimidation by railway police officials present at the scene.

Saumya Raj, in a post on X, accused the railway police of seizing her device and threatening to delete all the data she had recorded about the incident.

She said in a video, "Upon learning about the incident, I reached the spot, started talking to witnesses and others present, and enquired about the situation. During this time, railway police officials approached me and seized my device. They asked for my ID card and took a photograph of it. Despite showing my credentials, they refused to return my phone. The officials told me they couldn't allow me to show visuals from the location and threatened to delete the content.”

“The railway police tried to intimidate me by threatening to arrest me unless I provided my phone's password and deleted all the footage documenting the experiences of those at the station. They told me, ‘You cannot show anything from here. Delete the data, or we will take you away right now,’” she added.

Saumya further revealed that one of the officials out of pressure from seniors advised her to only pretend to delete the photos.

She also claimed that a female police officer advised her to manage, reportedly telling her, “I have seen what has happened here. It is wrong, but please just act like you are deleting the video in front of them.”

In another video uploaded by Saumya, an official can be heard questioning her, “Do you have an ID card?” When Saumya responds and hands over her ID, the official asks, “Which media card is this?” She replies, “PIB card.” The official then dismisses it, saying, “Which media card is this?”

The death toll from the stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station climbed to 18 on Sunday. A senior railway official stated that the incident occurred after some passengers slipped and fell on others while descending from a foot-over bridge.

According to reports, more than a dozen people were also injured in the stampede, which took place as the number of passengers suddenly increased on platforms 14 and 15, waiting to board trains bound for Prayagraj, where the Maha Kumbh is currently underway. Meanwhile, some reports also suggest that the incident occurred due to wrong announcements at the station.