The matter came to light after Shiv Sena IT Cell core committee member Ramesh Solanki file a complaint against the group LT Marg Police station in Mumbai and submitted his complaint against the Tik Tok user who uploaded the controversial video.
A day after cyber cell of the Mumbai police registered an FIR against a group of people for allegedly circulating a video on TikTok related to the mob lynching of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand, one of the group members who had the account by the name 'mr faisu 07' has tendered an apology on his Instagram.
The matter came to light after Shiv Sena IT Cell core committee member Ramesh Solanki filed a complaint against the group LT Marg Police station in Mumbai and submitted his complaint against the Tik Tok user who uploaded the controversial video.
Following the complaint, the alleged video was pulled out from the TikTok while the account of the group who've uploaded the video was also suspended.
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Now a day after the incident, mr faisu has put out an apology saying, "We would like to apologise sincerely if any people have felt hurt by our video. Hamara irada, kisi ka dil dukhana, ya unka apmaan karna, nahi tha. Humne video ko nikaal diya hai. Jai Hindi!" (Our intention was not to hurt anyone, or insult anyone. The video has been removed, Jai Hind!)
A complaint into the matter was filed with the Mumbai Police by Shiv Sena activist Ramesh Solanki. The activist has said that TikTok has since deleted the video and also suspended the accounts of three people who circulated it.
1. Hamara irada kisi ka dil dukhana nahi tha: mr faisu
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A day after outrage erupted over for allegedly circulating a video on TikTok related to the mob lynching of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand, 'mr faisu 07', one of the members of the group 'Team 07' which put out the video, has apologised on his Instagram.
Tendering an apology, mr faisu said, "We would like to apologise sincerely if any people have felt hurt by our video. Hamara irada, kisi ka dil dukhana, ya unka apmaan karna, nahi tha. Humne video ko nikaal diya hai. Jai Hindi!" (Our intention was not to hurt anyone, or insult anyone. The video has been removed, Jai Hind!)
The video was uploaded on the social media app Tiktok by Faisu, Hasnain, Faiz and Sadhan (Saddu).
In two videos the whole gang that goes with the name 'Team 07' was seen enacting a message that says, "Innocent Tabrez was killed, but if Tabrez's son grows up and takes revenge then Muslims shouldn't be termed as terrorists."
2. Shive Sena activist Ramesh Solanki reported matter to Mumbai Police
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Shiv Sena activist Ramesh Solanki reported the matter to police and registered a complaint against five Tiktok users who have a combine following that of 4 crore people.
When contacted Solanki, he said, "The videos were divisive, the users who uploaded the video were asking others to take revenge, this is asking people to get violent. We shouldn't tolerate such form of violence."
Solanki had also said that the taking down of video was no big deal and instead his demand is that these people should be banned, their accounts suspended. The videos within hours had received lakhs of like and had thousands of comments on it, before they were taken down.
Santosh R, Senior Police Inspector of LT Marg Police Station, where Solanki filed the complaint had said, "We have received a complaint, and are yet to decide to further course on the complaint."
3. Zero tolerance for such content: TikTok
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After the matter was highlighted, video making app Tiktok also issued a statement saying, "TikTok has zero tolerance for content that incites violence against other users or any content that violates its Community Guidelines. In line with this, the video in question, which has violated our Community Guidelines, is no longer available on TikTok."
"Such irresponsible acts will not be tolerated on our platform, hence we have suspended three user accounts and are cooperating with law enforcement agencies. - The three user accounts belonged to Hasnain Khan, Faisal Shaikh and Sadhan Faroqui,” TikTok said.
