Chennai, December 13, 2013 : .A Coimbatore college filed a complaint against a Kerala-based YouTube channel.
The channel had broadcast fake news about the deaths of General Bipin Rawat and Chief of Defence Staff. According to Coimbatore’s college complaint, the channel had shown a video of three minutes showing students from a specific community celebrating the deaths of General and Armed Forces personnel during the crash.
The video was virally shared and police began an investigation.College management clarified however that the video was taken on December 7th, a day before the December 8 crash, and that students were celebrating freshers’ day at College.
Management also stated that the college mourned on December 9, the death of CDS General Rawat, and other staff members.
The Tamil Nadu Police have started an investigation against the Kerala-based YouTube channel based on the complaint filed by the Coimbatore college on Sunday.
The police have already communicated to the Kerala Police on the channel and a team of Tamil Nadu Police is to travel to Kerala in a few days’ time for investigating the case.
A senior officer with the Coimbatore police told IANS, “It is totally fake news and how can someone air such news depicting students of a particular community celebrating the death of the General and others in the crash.It would lead to communal polarisation and stringent action will be taken against the channel office-bearers.”
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