Delhi Police has registered an FIR against senior <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/delhi-protest-neha-bora-yogendra-yadav-prashant-bhushan-among-150-detained-23653230" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan</a> for sharing a digitally manipulated video of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that purportedly contained remarks hostile to India.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/nov/Prashant-Bhushan_1793839286_s.jpg" alt="Senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan" /> Senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan
On November 3, the police noticed a social media post by the handle @thequotesnews, claiming that a purported doctored video of the foreign minister had been shared from Bhushan&rsquo;s X handle.&nbsp;
The video allegedly carried misleading and inflammatory content, with the potential to spread rumours, defame individuals and disturb public order, police said. The development comes after the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/external-affairs-minister-s-jaishankar-arrives-in-ethiopia-to-advance-strategic-partnership-23654120" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)</a> fact-checked the digitally manipulated video.
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