Guru Tegh Bahadur row: Delhi Speaker says forensic analysis found video not tampered with

Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Saturday stated that a forensic report commissioned by the House found no evidence to suggest tampering with the audio-video recordings of Assembly proceedings, pertaining to alleged remarks made by the leader of the Opposition (LoP), Atishi, regarding “Sikh Gurus” during the recently concluded winter session. Gupta said he would order a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the parallel investigations conducted in Punjab, which reportedly found the recording to have been tampered with.

The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s) Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj, in response, said both investigations concluded that the disputed word “guru” did not feature in the video, contradicting claims made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He targeted Delhi minister Kapil Mishra for allegedly circulating a “fake clip” and demanded his arrest.

Addressing a press conference, Gupta displayed the report from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) and said it clearly established the legitimacy of the audio-video recording of the House proceedings. “The verbatim record and the audio-video are an exact match. Based on frame-by-frame analysis, the laboratory has found no indication of alteration, manipulation, or tampering. The recording is original and intact in all respects, as per the forensic audit,” said Gupta.