Ludhiana, Feb. 16 -- Police have registered a case against a social media influencer on charges of spreading false information and uploading a video of an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator without permission. The FIR was registered at the Sahnewal police station on the complaint of Vishal, a supporter of the AAP MLA from Ludhiana South constituency Rajinderpal Kaur Chhina.

The complainant alleged that Mandeep Singh Duggal uploaded a video of MLA Chhina on his Facebook page without her consent and made baseless allegations against her, thereby attempting to tarnish her public reputation.

Officials said several satirical and critical posts shared by the influencer had drawn objections from the ruling party. These posts reportedly targeted ...