MUMBAI: The
cyber police
on Saturday said they are continuing their
investigations
to identify those responsible for a
social media post
alleging that
Lok Sabha speaker
MP
Om Birla
's daughter Anjali had cleared the UPSC exams without appearing for it even as YouTuber Dhruv Rathee denied any role.
Rathee in a post said, "The alleged post was done by some random parody Twitter (X) account.
I have nothing to do with this."
Maharashtra nodal cyber police, on Wednesday, registered an FIR against X-handler Dhruv Rathee (parody) @dhruvrahtee under the BNS sections of defamation and Information Technology (IT) Act. Police said they registered the offence on the complaint from a relative of Om Birla .
Meanwhile, the suspect on Saturday uploaded the message on his handler Dhruv Rathee (Parody) • @dhruvrah... "As directed by @MahaCyber1, I have deleted all my posts and comments on Anjali Birla, I will (would) like to apologize as I was unaware about the facts and copied someone else' tweets and shared it."
A senior police officer said, "We have registered a case and are teams are still trying to identify the IP address of the x handler @dhruvrahatee."
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