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The Tamil Nadu Police person written to X Corp. (formerly Twitter Inc.) seeking the blocking of 22 Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) that incorporate visuals of the brutal battle connected a migrant idiosyncratic by 4 juveniles successful Tiruttani connected December 26, 2025.
In a connection to the societal media platform, the Cyber Crime Wing (CCW) of the State constabulary said the circulation of specified videos could adversely power the younger generation, beforehand convulsive behaviour and perchance disturb nationalist harmony, constabulary sources said connected Friday.
The incidental occurred adjacent the railway quarters adjacent to the Tiruttani railway station, wherever the juveniles attacked the unfortunate with a sharp-edged weapon, causing terrible chopped injuries. The unfortunate was aboriginal identified arsenic Suraj, 34, a autochthonal of Odisha.
The accused, each hailing from Nemelli successful Tiruvallur district, reportedly recorded the battle connected their mobile phones and uploaded the video connected societal media. The footage soon went viral, drafting crisp condemnation from civilian society, including politicians, journalists and societal media influencers. The juveniles were arrested by the section police.
Suraj was rushed to the Government Hospital, wherever helium was treated and aboriginal discharged, the sources said. It remains unclear whether helium was shifted to different infirmary oregon doctors recovered his wellness information unchangeable capable for discharge.
‘May mislead youth’
According to constabulary sources, the CCW acted connected a petition from the investigating officer, who pointed retired the videos posted crossed 22 societal media handles contained graphic convulsive content. Such material, the serviceman noted, not lone glorified rowdyism and fostered a civilization of unit but besides risked misleading young radical with harmful ideologies.
The State constabulary requested X Corp to artifact entree to the URLs to forestall further offences and the continued dispersed of the content.
“Since the mentioned grip violates the instrumentality of the land, you are informed that nonaccomplishment to artifact the station volition pb to initiation of enactment against X Corp arsenic envisaged nether Rule 7 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021,” the missive stated.
Confirming the move, a elder constabulary serviceman said sharing visuals that revealed the individuality of juveniles successful struggle with instrumentality successful an offence was a punishable offence nether the Juvenile Justice Act.
“We enactment strictly successful accordance with the law, not emotions. Steps person been taken to artifact the URLs arsenic the contented involves graphic unit and exposes the identities of juveniles,” the serviceman said. A verification of the URLs revealed the videos had been shared by X handles belonging to immoderate apical politicians successful the State, a fashionable fact-checker, and others.
