Avadi Police have registered an FIR against News Portal 'Opindia.com' for spreading false news and creating a sense of fear among migrant workers in Tamil Nadu.
Stepping up the investigation into the rumours of the alleged 'attack' on the Bihar migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu, the police of both states have swung into action with the Bihar Police issuing the preservation notice to social media platforms while the Tamil Nadu Police is conducting the
The police official said that the videos which were circulated on social media regarding the alleged 'attacks' were fake and most of them did not even take place in Tamil Nadu.
On Monday, CBI reached the residence of former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi in Patna in connection with the alleged case between 2004 and 2009 when Lalu Yadav was the Railway Minister.
BJP spokesperson Prashant Umrao has knocked the doors of the Delhi High Court seeking transit anticipatory bail in an FIR recently lodged by Tamil Nadu Police against him for allegedly posting a "fake" video about the 'attack' on Bihar migrants in Tamil Nadu.
Amid the row over alleged attacks on the state's migrant workers from Bihar, Tamil Nadu's minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development, CV Ganesan, on Monday said the DMK government was in the process of conducting a census of its migrant workforce.
The miscreants involved in making the post viral related to the alleged 'attack' on the Bihar migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu will be taken to task and arrested for spreading rumours, a top police official said on Monday.
Earlier on October 7 last year, the CBI filed a chargesheet against former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, their daughter Misa Bharti and 13 others in the alleged land-for-job scam.
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Monday called on Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai. The meeting came in the bakdrop of panic sweeping the state's migrant labourers from Bihar amid rumours of attacks.
Paswan said, "If the Bihar CM would have worked for the betterment of my state (Bihar) then they would have been working in our own state and not migrated. It's because of the lack of opportunity in my state. The only person responsible for this particular scenario is our CM Nitish Kumar."
CBI had filed the chargesheet in October last year, against former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, their daughter Misa Bharti and 13 others in the land-for-jobs scam.
A woman home guard got into the fight with traffic in charge Bihar Police. She pulled his collar and accused him of assault. SP Kaimur has ordered an inquiry in this matter.