Tamil Nadu police slap stringent NSA on YouTuber Manish Kashyap over ‘faux films’ of migrant employees, numerous FIRs in Bihar

Bihar-based YouTuber Manish Kashyap has been slapped with the stringent National Security Act (NSA), a Madurai Police official educated on Thursday, April 6. A selected employees of the TN police arrested Kashyap from Bihar. It launched him to Tamil Nadu on transit remand after the Madurai Crime Branch police registered a case in opposition to him.

Manish Kashyap who circulated faux films of Bihari migrant labourers being attacked in Tamil Nadu was detained beneath NSA Act: Madurai Police official

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Kashyap, arrested inside the case related to the ‘fake videos’ of assaults on migrant employees from the state in Tamil Nadu, appeared sooner than the Madurai district courtroom on Wednesday and was remanded to judicial custody for 15 days.

“Manish Kashyap, who circulated fake videos of Bihari migrant labourers being attacked in Tamil Nadu has been detained under the NSA Act,” Madurai Superintendent of Police Shiva Prasad was quoted by media house as saying.

Manish Kashyap strikes SC searching for interim bail, clubbing of FIRs

Kashyap, within the meantime, moved a plea inside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 5, searching for interim bail and clubbing of FIRs registered in opposition to him. He moved his plea inside the apex courtroom by counsel A P Singh. “Many false FIR was registered against him in Bihar and Tamil Nadu at the behest of the present ruling government,” talked about Kashyap’s lawyer.

“The cases against him have been filed because he has raised the issue of violence against the Bihar-based migrant labour in Tamil Nadu on social media,” he added.

On March 18, the Bihar Police arrested YouTuber Manish Kashyap inside the case of the ‘fake videos’ of assaults on migrant employees from the state of Tamil Nadu. This is days after the Police issued an arrest warrant in opposition to Kashyap and one different accused Yuvraj Singh Rajput. Kashyap who was absconding inside the ‘fake video’ case was arrested by the Police after he surrendered on the Jagdishpur Police Station in Bihar.  

According to the opinions, Kashyap surrendered as a result of the Bihar Police carried out raids on the doable hideouts of the accused. Police on March 16 constituted a selected employees to verify the arrest of the two accused. The officers moreover froze the monetary establishment accounts belonging to Kashyap.

The Police moreover mentioned that Kashyap, additionally known as Tripurari Kumar Tiwari, indulged in financial irregularities and the Police have obtained associated proof in opposition to his actions. Following this, the Economic Offence Unit of the Bihar Police registered an FIR in opposition to Kashyap and Yuvraj Singh and issued a warrant to arrest the two.

Police digging up outdated films of Kashyap, numerous FIRs

Kashyap faces numerous FIRs in Bihar too beneath completely completely different felony sections like instigating violence, rioting and monetary offences.

A 4th FIR in opposition to Kashyap was registered simply recently by Bihar Police’s Economic Offence Wing, (EOW) over an outdated video the place he and his associates have been reportedly seen speaking about ‘celebrating the assassination of Gandhi’, and instigating communal violence by attacking places of worship.

Kashyap faces extreme costs in Bihar, together with the NSA and completely different felony sections in Tamil Nadu. He is presently lodged in Madurai central jail.