Ghaziabad Police registered FIR against Twitter, the Wire Newsagency, many journalists 7 others over the video of an elderly man from Uttar Pradesh which has gone viral Admin Wed, Jun 16, 2021, at ,04:03 PM The police registered an FIR against social media site Twitter, The Wire journalists Saba Naqvi and Rana Ayyub, and fact-checker Mohammad Zubair, among others, for allegedly sharing on Twitter a video of the incident and giving it a communal color without verifying the details. The FIR was lodged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. The FIR accuses the journalists and political activists of trying to spread discord between Hindus and Muslims and disruption of public peace. The police stated in the FIR, "The statements which were made on Twitter were not the opinion of a person but done with a clear intention. These tweets point towards a criminal conspiracy. The aforesaid accused and other unknown persons tried to spread hatred and hostility between Hindus and Muslims. These tweets were posted to further a common goal of creating a religious divide and disturbing religious harmony. Such tweets were propagated on a large scale."