{"id":205362,"date":"2026-07-16T11:27:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=205362"},"modified":"2026-07-16T11:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:33:31","slug":"social-media-influencers-booked-over-anti-bjp-ministers-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/07\/16\/social-media-influencers-booked-over-anti-bjp-ministers-campaign.html","title":{"rendered":"Social media influencers booked over anti-BJP minister&#8217;s campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-205368\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/07\/000-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nagpur: Nagpur Cyber Police have registered an FIR against multiple social media content creators for allegedly running a digital campaign targeting BJP leader and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the legal action stems from online posts criticising the government\u2019s ethanol-blended fuel policy. Nagpur Joint Commissioner of Police Navinchandra Reddy said an offence was registered based on a complaint received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FIR details the names of the individuals involved and the nature of the posts, as well as the obscene or abusive comments made by certain people. The police are currently investigating the matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint was filed by Shishir Arun Tripathi, convener of BJP Nagpur City Social Media Cell. It alleged that a YouTube video uploaded on July 3 by content creator Manish Kashyap contained \u201cfalse, defamatory and misleading statements\u201d regarding Gadkari and ethanol fuel.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint further named YouTube and Instagram accounts including \u2018Desi Boys\u2019, \u2018Harshit Rathi\u2019 and \u2018Anklesh Inwati\u2019 for circulating similar videos and posts with \u201cbaseless and objectionable allegations\u201d against the minister.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the complaint, the Nagpur Cyber Police registered the FIR under Sections 356, 352 and 296 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, along with Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagpur: Nagpur Cyber Police have registered an FIR against multiple social media content creators for allegedly running a digital campaign targeting BJP leader and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. 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