KOLKATA:The Kolkata Police on Saturday filed an FIR against Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author Tarek Fatah for sharing a fake video on his Twitter handle where he had also slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The post shared by Fatah on Twitter read: "This is not Karachi, Kashmir or Kerala. No, this chant of Islam Zindabad' is being raised in Kolkata, the capital city of Mamata Banerjee-ruled West Bengal."
The Kolkata Police promptly reacted to it and replied on its official Twitter handle dubbing the post as a fake one.
"A video clip from Bangladesh is being falsely claimed to be from Kolkata. Legal action initiated, " the Kolkata Police tweeted.
Asked about the action taken by the city police, Kolkata Police joint commissioner (Crime) Murlidhar Sharma told IANS: "An FIR has been filed against the user of the Twitter handle via which the false post was shared. We are taking legal action."