Delhi Police Register FIR Against Prashant Bhushan Over Video

Delhi Police registered a first information report against advocate Prashant Bhushan over a video authorities described as a fabricated depiction of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov making critical remarks about India. Police said the case was registered at the Special Cell police station on November 3 after cyber patrolling brought a social media post to their attention. The post, from another account, claimed that the video had been shared from Bhushan’s X handle. Police said the clip was alleged to contain misleading, defamatory and inflammatory material capable of spreading rumours and disturbing public order. The FIR concerns the alleged circulation of the video; the police account does not establish that Bhushan created it. The clip purportedly showed Lavrov saying that Russia and India were only trading partners and that their commercial relationship did not entitle India to interfere in Russian foreign policy. It also purported to show him saying India was neither an ally nor a superpower whose advice Moscow had to follow. The video was shared online, including by Bhushan. The Ministry of External Affairs described the clip as fake, and the Russian Embassy in...