On the basis of a complaint by BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya, an FIR has now been filed in Delhi against the Wire and its senior editors over the controversial Meta reports. This comes two days after the BJP leader said he will file criminal charges against the news portal and also seek damages in a civil court for allegedly forging documents to malign and tarnish his reputation.
In his complaint to the special commissioner, crime, of the Delhi Police on Saturday, Malviya sought an FIR against the portal’s founding editors Siddharth Varadarajan, Sidharth Bhatia, MK Venu and deputy editor Jahnavi Sen. He listed sections 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery), 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record), 34 (common intention), 500 (defamation) and 120(B).
