CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s name used to create fake Twitter profile, FIR filed

A First Information Report (FIR) has come to be filed against an unknown person for creating and operating a fake Twitter handle in the name of the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, according to news reports.

News18 has reported that the FIR was filed after the Special Cell of the Delhi Police received a number of complaints in this regard. It was first brought to the notice of the Police by Additional Registrar of Security and Caretaking at the Supreme Court, Colonel GB Marwah.

It was reportedly found by Col. Marwah that the fake Twitter account not only used CJI Gogoi’s image in the profile, but was also actively using the social media platform to publish misleading information on various issues.

It is reported by News18 that after Col Marwah carried out his own investigation in the matter and found the Twitter account to be fake and misleading, he decided to file a complaint with the Special Cell of the Delhi Police.

After receiving the complaint from Col Marwah, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police registered an FIR against an unknown person under various provisions of the Information Technology Act. The police also reportedly reached out to Twitter India to get the fake account suspended.

The police has formed a team to nab the accused in the case and has found that the youth who is responsible for creating this fake account has also created other fake accounts in the past and subsequently closed them. He operates from Western Uttar Pradesh, a Police Official told News18.

An investigation into the matter is underway.