By NL Team
An FIR has been registered against independent journalist Ajit Anjum in Bihar’s Begusarai district for allegedly spreading misinformation about the voter roll revision exercise in Bihar.
In a video on his YouTube channel on July 12, Anjum alleged large-scale irregularities in the voter list in the Sahebpur Kamal assembly constituency. The district administration, in a statement, dismissed these claims as “baseless”, “misleading”, and intended to “incite public sentiment”.
The FIR was registered on July 13 at the Balia police station based on a complaint by booth-level officer Mohammad Ansarulhaq. The complaint alleged that Ajit Anjum and his colleagues met him while he was uploading data using the BLO app and began asking questions about Muslim voters in the area. “Anjum’s focus was on the claim that the Muslim voter is being harassed which is absolutely false.”
The Begusarai SP confirmed the registration of the FIR.
Referring to the Election Commission’s guidelines, the Bihar administration claimed that the entire process was being carried out transparently.
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