FIR registered against ex-IAS officer for tweeting fake ‘coal theft’ video
An FIR was registered against BJP leader and former IAS officer OP Chaudhary for tweeting an alleged fake video of coal theft from an opencast mine in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, a police official said on Saturday.
The case was registered against Chaudhary under IPC’s section 505 (1) (B) (with intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public, or to any section of the public whereby any person may be induced to commit an offence against the state or against the public tranquillity) at Bakimongra police station here on the complaint of one Madhusudan Das Yadav, said Korba Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abhishek Verma.
