India, Feb. 5 -- New Delhi

Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta has referred the matter of Punjab Police initiating action in the Atishi video controversy to the Privileges Committee, officials said on Wednesday.

In its reply to the Assembly Secretariat, the Punjab DGP's office and the Jalandhar Police justified the FIR, asserting that forensic analysis confirmed it was manipulated video, and maintained that the term "Guru" was never uttered by Atishi, the leader of opposition in Delhi Legislative Assembly, and was instead inserted into the footage to inflame religious sentiments in Punjab.

Assembly officials said that after examining the reply submitted by Punjab Police, and Delhi minister Kapil Mishra's complaint, the Speaker conclu...