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New Delhi: According to the Indian express, a preliminary investigation by the Delhi Police Crime Division on an audio clip allegedly featuring Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, chief of Tablighi Jamaat (TJ), asks members of the religious group not to follow the rules of Social distancing and prohibitive government orders indicate that it may have been “manipulated.”
Significantly, the FIR registered against Saad and some others in a complaint by Mukesh Walia, SHO of the Hazrat Nizamuddin police station, had alleged that “an audio recording allegedly by Maulana Mohd Saad was found in circulation on WhatsApp on March 21, in which the speaker was heard asking his followers to challenge confinement and social distancing, and to attend the religious meeting of the Markaz. ”
According to a report in the Indian express Citing “highly located sources,” police recovered a laptop from the Markaz member who had removed all the audio clips from the Tablighi Jamaat. “After scanning them, the police discovered that there are around 350 audio clips in three forms: raw clips from Markaz events; audio clips sent to your followers; and the ones uploaded on his YouTube channel, “the source told the newspaper.
However, a team led by Inspector Satish Kumar has been trying to find the specific audio clip that went viral, but “so far it has not retrieved that clip from the laptop.” On the other hand, investigators discovered that Saad’s comments about the police and religion of other events had been taken out of context and manipulated. “
On Saturday afternoon, Delhi police tweeted a denial of the claim made in the report. The police called the story “not only objectively incorrect” but “based on totally unverified sources and purely imaginary guesswork.”
Indian Express report dated 9.5.20 with an article titled: Tablighi FIR: Police investigation indicates Saad’s audio clip was tampered with – Written by Mahender Manral, not only incorrect, but appears to be based on sources totally unverified and purely conjectural imagination. https://t.co/pXf6krFQ9L
– #DilKiPolice Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) May 9, 2020
the Indian express The report said: “The research team noted that the viral audio is a mix of various clips, which have been edited and modified. They listened to all the audio clips again and found that statements from around 20 people had been used. ”
Kumar had reportedly briefed his superiors on the matter and “was asked to send all clips and viral audio to the FSL (forensic science laboratory) for further examination.”
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