New Delhi, May 24
The Delhi Police s Special Cell on Monday served a notice to Twitter India in connection with the probe into the alleged Covid toolkit matter, with two teams descending on its offices in Delhi and Gurgaon, officials said. The Delhi police team went to the Twitter office to serve a notice to Twitter, as part of a routine process. This was necessitated as we wanted to ascertain who is the right person to serve a notice, as replies by Twitter India MD have been very ambiguous, Delhi Police PRO Chinmoy Biswal said.
Earlier, official sources said that two teams of Special Cell had raided the Twitter India offices located in Delhi s Lado Sarai and in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of the national capital, in connection with the probe into the toolkit matter.
Toolkit case: Delhi police reaches Twitter's Delhi, Gurugram offices - The raid came hours after the Delhi Police sent a notice to Twitter over a "manipulated media" tag.
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Delhi Police searches Twitter offices in Delhi, Gurgaon
ANI
25 May 2021, 01:56 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Hours after sending a notice to Twitter over a manipulated media tag used on tweets alleging a Congress toolkit against the Central government, a team of Delhi Police Special cell is carrying out a search at the Twitter India offices in Lado Sarai, Delhi and Gurgaon.
Further details into the matter are awaited.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Police sent a notice to Twitter, seeking an explanation from the microblogging site on what grounds it tagged BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra s tweet on the alleged Congress toolkit designed to target the Central government as manipulated media .
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