Amit Shah’s doctored video case: Court grants bail to accused

The Metropolitan Criminal Court in Nampally on Friday granted conditional bail to five members of the social media wing of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) arrested for allegedly circulating a doctored video of Union Home Minister, Amit Shah.
Cyber Crime Police of Hyderabad earlier arrested Pendyala Vamshi Krishna, Manne Sathish, Pettam Naveen, Asma Tasleem and Koya Geetha. Police seized five mobile phones, one Ball Slide (Tab), two Acer laptops and two CPUs. They were produced before the Court, which granted them conditional bail.
The court directed the accused to deposit a personal bond of Rs.10,000 each with two sureties and appear before the Investigation Officer every Monday and Friday till further orders.
The arrests were made in connection with the case registered on a complaint by BJP state General Secretary, G. Premender Reddy stating that the TPCC in its X account posted morphed/fabricated video of Amit Shah.
According to the police, the five accused work in the TPCC social media unit and their job was to monitor social media posts related to political parties and upload them on their official and personal X handles.