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Mumbai: Maharashtra\u2019s cyber police filed a case against popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee after a parody account supposedly posted a fake message on X about Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla\u2019s daughter, a senior official said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The state cyber department reported that the account @dhruvrahtee falsely claimed that Birla\u2019s daughter had passed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam without taking it.<\/p>\n
The parody account\u2019s bio on X reads, \u201cThis is the fan and parody account and not affiliated with the original account of @dhruv_rathee. Not impersonating anyone. This account is Parody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Based on a complaint from a relative of Birla, the police charged the YouTuber under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for defamation, intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of peace, and making a statement leading to mischief, along with charges under the IT Act, the official said.<\/p>\n
When it was noted that the alleged fake message was posted by a parody account and not Rathee\u2019s own, the official said, \u201cWe are investigating the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
The parody account posted on X on Saturday, \u201cAs directed by @MahaCyber1, I have deleted all my posts and comments on Anjali Birla, I will like to apologize as I was unaware about the facts and copied someone else\u2019 tweets and shared it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal claimed that she received rape and death threats following Rathee\u2019s video about the alleged assault on her by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s aide, Bibhav Kumar.<\/p>\n
Taking to X, Rathee wrote that several attempts had been made to defame him and that \u201cperpetrators are pretending to be victims,\u201d without naming anyone. He said, \u201cFake allegations against me, daily death threats, dehumanizing insults, coordinated campaigns to defame me \u2026 I\u2019m used to it by now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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