2 JNU videos 'manipulated': Forensic report

A Delhi government-ordered forensic probe of a set of video clippings of the controversial Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) event has found two videos were “manipulated”, where voices of persons not present in the clips were added.

Of seven videos sent by the Delhi government to Hyderabad-based Truth Labs, two have been found to be tampered, while the rest were authentic, sources said.

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“In the manipulated clips, videos have been edited and voices have been added. The main report, with a supplementary, has been submitted to the Delhi government,” they said.

Asked whether the voices added were of persons not seen in the manipulated clips, they said “naturally”.

The Arvind Kejriwal government had on February 13 ordered a magisterial inquiry into the alleged raising of anti-national slogans on the JNU campus on February 9.

Earlier, a video showing raising of anti-India slogans allegedly by outsiders at the event had given a fresh twist to the case.

In the video, the youths, whose faces were covered, could be seen raising slogans against India. Several videos of the event have surfaced since the row broke out leading to the arrest of JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on charges of sedition, triggering widespread protests.

A Delhi court on Tuesday sent JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, also arrested in connection with the same case, to 14-day judicial custody.