Overview
- Sadashivanagar police registered the case on Friday after a complaint from advocate Deepu C. R., who reported the clip on Instagram.
- The FIR cites Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 192, 336(4) and 353 for provocation to cause riot, forgery and statements conducing to public mischief.
- The post, captioned in Kannada that D.K. Shivakumar “shouldn’t have done this,” mimicked a breaking-news broadcast and claimed he pushed Siddaramaiah during a meeting.
- Police described the clip as AI-edited based on the complaint and said the investigation is underway with no suspect identified yet.
- Coverage notes heightened political sensitivity in Karnataka as the Congress government nears its halfway mark, adding stakes to reputational harm concerns.