Delhi Police Arrest Creator Over Video Involving Tripura Youth

Delhi Police arrested content creator Amir Shokeen on Thursday over a viral video allegedly showing him directing racial abuse and humiliating remarks at a youth from Tripura. On Friday, a Delhi court remanded Shokeen to one-day judicial custody. The allegations have not been resolved by the custody order, and the video’s full context remains under investigation. Delhi Police said it registered a case on its own initiative after seeing the footage on social media. North District Deputy Commissioner of Police Niharika Bhatt said the case was filed at Sadar Bazar police station under Sections 192, 196, 352 and 353 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The provisions cited concern, among other offences, promoting enmity between groups, intentional insult and statements conducing to public mischief. The Tripura Students Forum Delhi filed a complaint dated October 21 seeking an impartial investigation. It asked police to preserve electronic evidence, including the original recording, metadata, account details and upload history, and to establish who operated the account and who participated in or recorded the incident. The forum alleged that the footage showed a Tripura youth being...