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'Doctored clips of Guj riots, China quake used to instigate protesters'

DNMUM252360 | 8/14/2012 | Author : DNA Correspondent | WC :113 | Mumbai

Home minister RR Patil on Monday said doctored video clips were being circulated on the Internet and mobile phones to instigate protesters at Azad Maidan on Saturday. Visuals of the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat and the earthquake in China were used in the doctored clips which were circulated before the protest, Patil told journalists at the Sahyadri guest house on Monday.
The home minister said the clips got 60 lakh hits on social networking sites. He said the police were aware of the clips and had requested the state government to block the visuals. Patil said Saturday's violence which left 45 policemen injured was far serious than it appeared to the eye.

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