Mateen Hafeez TNN
Mumbai: The cyber crime investigation cell (CCIC) of the city police has blocked three websites that were showing provocative videos of violence against Muslims in Myanmar. The police have also identified at least 25 videos on variouswebsitesthatshow killing of Muslims in Assam andMyanmar.
Theduration of the videos is between six minutes and 10 minutes.Investigatorsbelieve the provocative content of the videos had fanned anger, resulting in violence in south Mumbaion August11.
Additional commissioner of police (detection, crime branch) Niket Kaushik said, “We have gone through all the videos and clippings and foundthatsomeof thesewere doctored. The images used were notof the violencein Assam or Myanmar. We have also blocked several blogs that werediscussing theseissues.”
Kaushik said the police have written to service providers and sought information on internet protocol (IP) addresses of websites from where these videos were uploaded. “Untilwe gettheinformation, it will be difficult to say where the videos were uploadedfrom,” saidKaushik.
“These provocative clippings were sold in the form of an MMS for Rs 10 each a few days before the riots. We are alsokeeping tabson some mobile memory carddealerswho had upload videos in the
cards. If found guilty, action will be taken against them,” said a crimebranchofficer.
Sources
said a clipping titled “Muslim being burnt in Burma” is actually that
of a Tibetan protestor whohadset himself ablazetwo years ago.
Muslim leaders bat for Patnaik A section of Muslim leaders has opposed MNS chief
Raj Thackeray’s demand for suspension of police commissioner Arup
Patnaik. “He stopped the riots from spiraling into a communal carnage.
Such officers should be feted, not criticized ,” said Farid Shaikh of
Mumbai Aman Committee. Maulana Mahmood Daryabadi of All India Ulema
Council and Haroon Mozawala of All-India Muslim Personal Law Board
echoed similar views. TNN
The Times of India, August 19, 2012
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