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

Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) said that a forensic subject laboratory study connected the veracity of the video related to Leader of Opposition Atishi's alleged remarks disrespecting Sikh gurus stated the clip to beryllium archetypal and without immoderate tampering.

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Earlier, constabulary successful AAP-ruled Punjab had claimed that their forensic introspection revealed that the video was "doctored". Following this, the main whip of AAP successful the Delhi Assembly, Sanjiv Jha, demanded that Speaker Gupta instrumentality enactment for breach of privilege against curate Kapil Mishra for sharing the clip connected societal media.

Addressing a property conference, Mr. Gupta said the clip was sent for forensic introspection connected January 8 astatine the request of the Opposition AAP.

"The study intelligibly says that the alleged remark by Atishi was recovered matching framework by framework successful the video clip, and it was archetypal and determination was nary tampering involved," helium said.

Mr. Gupta alleged that the AAP authorities "hastily" conducted its ain forensic trial and based connected it adjacent registered an FIR successful the matter. The Assembly Speaker said helium would question a CBI probe into the full matter, arsenic good arsenic into the forensic introspection of the video clip by the Punjab government.

The contented of alleged disrespect towards Sikh Gurus by Ms. Atishi successful the Assembly connected January 6, pursuing a treatment connected the Delhi government's programme held past twelvemonth to people the 350th martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur, has snowballed into a large governmental contention involving the ruling BJP successful Delhi and the AAP-ruled Punjab.

Ms. Atishi has accused the BJP of indulging successful petty authorities by dragging the sanction of the ninth Sikh guru. She, however, did not be the sittings of the Delhi Assembly aft the incident.

While Punjab Police registered an FIR successful Jalandhar implicit the usage and circulation of an alleged "doctored" video clip of Atishi, the Delhi Assembly has demanded replies from apical constabulary officers from the authorities implicit breach of privilege.

The Delhi Assembly Speaker said the caller bid of a tribunal successful Jalandhar was interim successful nature. The tribunal has directed the removal of the video clip that the Punjab Police has claimed to beryllium "doctored".