Akal Takht releases video of Mann backing probe into controversial clip

“I also want this investigation (of the video),” the CM said during the conversation.

Mann, in the January exchange, repeatedly described the footage as manipulated: “That is absolutely fake.”

During the conversation, Mann suggested the controversial clip was being circulated by a person named Jagman with a history of substance abuse and erratic behaviour, saying the individual “used to blackmail” and that he was “not mentally well” and “habitually uses drugs.”

Gargaj can also be heard remarking that he would seek verification of the video independently: “Akal Takht Sahib will have this video examined.” He had warned about the implications of the findings: “If it (the video) is false, then it’s okay; if it is true, then it won’t be just about me alone, it would be about the Panth.”

Mann had then told the Jathedar, “These days, AI – you yourself know social media’s ways. Someone might have used a photo in this video, even of Sukhbir Badal and Majithia.”

“Tell us two labs (to get the video examined),” Gargaj told Mann in the video released by the Akal Takht.

On the day of declaring the CM as Guru Dokhi, the Jathedar had claimed that the government never provided the names of any lab.