India, Jan. 15 -- The additional chief judicial magistrate, Jalandhar, on Thursday ordered the immediate removal and blocking of a "doctored" video featuring former Delhi chief minister Atishi. The clip, which purportedly showed her making controversial remarks about the ninth Sikh master, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was found to be digitally manipulated to incite communal tension.

Acting on an application by the Jalandhar cyber crime police, the court observed that the video's circulation posed a threat to public order and religious harmony in Punjab.

In the order, the court invoked Rule 3(d) of the Information Technology Rules, 2021, directing Meta (Facebook and Instagram), X, and Telegram to pull down the content associated with specific URLs...