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‘First and last mistake’: Girl apologises for abusing PM Modi at CJP protest
Senior Delhi Police officials said they have seen the apology video and will take a call on how to proceed with the investigation.
PM Narendra Modi said on Friday that he wanted to forgive all the protesting students who had abused him. (File Photos)
A girl from Noida, who was allegedly seen in a video abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi last month, has apologised for her comments in a purported video that emerged on social media on Saturday after a zero FIR was recently filed against her. A zero FIR can be registered at any police station, irrespective of where the alleged crime took place. It is gradually transferred to the designated police station.
In the video, she can be seen saying that it is her “first and last mistake” and that she was influenced by groups at the protest site. “I was at the protest site, and there were many groups abusing PM Modi. They were also instigating others to say these things. I am so ashamed of saying those things that I am not even able to raise my eyes. I apologise to the whole nation for it. This is my first and last mistake,” she is heard in the video. Even as the zero FIR mentioned that her year of birth is 1994, she has claimed that she is just 15.
The Noida Police had initially lodged a zero FIR against her on Wednesday following a complaint from a resident of Ghaziabad, Smriti Singh, at the Expressway police station. Singh claimed that she had seen her in the viral video making objectionable remarks against PM Modi.
“The zero FIR has been sent to the Parliament Street police station in Delhi. We are looking at the contents and will take a call on further investigation,” said an officer from Noida.
Senior Delhi Police officers said they are still trying to verify her age. They also said that they have seen the apology video and will take a call on how to proceed with the investigation.
The development comes at a time when the Delhi Police has been asking social media platforms to take down “objectionable and defamatory” posts targeting PM Modi, which were allegedly uploaded during the CJP protest against NEET paper leak and other issues. The protest was called off on July 25 following Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation from the post of Union Education Minister — one of the key demands of the protesters.
On Friday, PM Modi said he wanted to forgive all those children who had abused not only him but also his late mother. In a video message, the PM said punishing them or making them “run around courts” was not going to change the circumstances. “I want to forgive them, and society too should accept this,” he said in the video.
© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd
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