Lucknow: Sangeet Som, a senior BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh, today denied that he uploaded a fake video that played a crucial role in the communal riots that tore through Muzaffarnagar earlier this month.
Mr Som has been accused by the police of circulating a video that claimed to show the lynching of two Hindu Jat boys; the footage was actually two years old and from Pakistan, the police has said.
"If I have uploaded a controversial CD, let them prove it," said Mr Som, who attended the UP assembly today. Despite a court issuing a warrant against him, the police has not arrested the state legislator. "It is being said that I am on the run. I am in my constituency, I have attended the Vidhan Sabha today and I have even spoken to TV channels," he said, adding, "I am ready to be arrested."
In addition to posting the contentious video, Mr Som has been accused of attending a massive rally of Hindu farmers on September 7 where his colleague, Hukum Singh, addressed the audience which was clearly agitated, and armed with knives and swords.
Mr Som has been accused by the police of circulating a video that claimed to show the lynching of two Hindu Jat boys; the footage was actually two years old and from Pakistan, the police has said.
"If I have uploaded a controversial CD, let them prove it," said Mr Som, who attended the UP assembly today. Despite a court issuing a warrant against him, the police has not arrested the state legislator. "It is being said that I am on the run. I am in my constituency, I have attended the Vidhan Sabha today and I have even spoken to TV channels," he said, adding, "I am ready to be arrested."
In addition to posting the contentious video, Mr Som has been accused of attending a massive rally of Hindu farmers on September 7 where his colleague, Hukum Singh, addressed the audience which was clearly agitated, and armed with knives and swords.
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