The Delhi Police on Thursday arrested content creator Amir Shokeen for allegedly using racially derogatory remarks against a man from Tripura in a clip which surfaced on social media.
“During interrogation, it was revealed that the video was filmed in Ahmedabad about a month ago. He claimed it’s a scripted video but it has been found to be a lie,” the senior police officer added. The Delhi Police charged Shokeen under sections 192 (malignantly or wantonly do an illegal act that provokes someone), 196 (Promoting or attempting to promote enmity, hatred, or ill-will between different religious, racial, language, regional groups), 352 (Intentionally insulting someone), and 353 (circulating false statements, rumors) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) .
A senior police officer said that Shokeen already faced at least five criminal cases on charges of causing hurt and molestation and was listed as a repeat offender at Sadar Bazaar police station. Tripura DGP GS Rao said that a team would head to Delhi to aid the Delhi Police probe. Deputy commissioner of police (north) Niharika Bhatt said that Shokeen was arrested from north Delhi’s Sadar Bazaar on Thursday evening. .
