SELECTIVE TRIMMING AND ACCOMPANYING CAPTIONS OF CERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DISTORT THE STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, AMRITSAR

NO ASSOCIATION OF JANTAR-MANTAR PROTESTORS WITH ANY TERROR MODULE,  ARRESTED PERSONS WERE ATTEMPTING TO TARGET THE PROTESTS AND WERE NOT PART OF IT,  WRONGFUL IMPRESSION OF ARRESTED PERSONS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH JANTAR-MANTAR PROTESTS. LEGAL ACTION BEING TAKEN IN THE MATTER*

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Some social media handles have uploaded URL https://www.instagram.com/bjp4india/reel/DbqvY3gAT_z and other similar URLs, which include edited extracts of press conference held by the Commissioner of Police, Amritsar on August 04, 2026 wherein facts relating to busting of terror module by Punjab Police were explained, and, have presented the press conference in a manner that seeks to associate Pak ISI supported terror modules with the Jantar-Mantar protests in New Delhi.

A Punjab Police Spokesperson stated here today that the press conference of the Commissioner of Police, Amritsar on August 04, 2026 had stated that some of the arrested persons had visited Jantar-Mantar, conducted reccee and had planned to target the protestors through petrol bombs. No statement was made that the arrested persons participated in the protests or that the Jantar-Mantar protestors had any links with the module.

The Spokesperson said that the changing of the background visuals, the selective trimming of the video and the accompanying captions/descriptions tend to provide a different and erroneous impression that the arrested individuals were associated with the Jantar-Mantar protests. Although the audio and factual content of the press conference have not been altered or morphed, the selective editing and the accompanying captions and video in the URL https://www.instagram.com/bjp4india/reel/DbqvY3gAT_z and other similar URLs are an attempt to convey an inference not expressly stated during the press conference, represents a selective presentation of an original statement that has the potential to lead viewers to draw contrary interpretation from the actual context of the statement made by the Commissioner of Police, Amritsar in his press conference held on August 04, 2026.

The Spokesperson further stated that appropriate legal action in accordance with provisions of the Information Technology Act is being taken in the matter.