The Karnataka chief electoral officer’s (CEO) office had written to the Election Commission on May 5, asking the poll panel to instruct X to take down the post in question

The 17-second animated video was posted at 5:23pm on May 4. (Representative file photo)

By Aditi Agrawal

The Karnataka Police sent a notice to X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday directing it to remove the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) animated clip’s depiction of communities that the party’s Karnataka’s official account had posted on May 4 for violating the Representation of People Act, a copy of which HT has seen.

“Further your attention is drawn towards the e-mail communication of Election Commission [dated May 5, 2024]… Election Commission has directed to remove the alleged content from internet as it violates Model Code of Conduct (MCC) enforced during Lok Sabha Elections 2024,” the notice said.

The Karnataka chief electoral officer’s (CEO) office had written to the Election Commission on May 5, asking the poll panel to instruct X to take down the post in question, joint CEO Survasen AV said.

It had simultaneously also referred the matter to the superintendent of police, cyber crime division, CID, under Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act.

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