Bihar Police respond to viral video by Muslim youth from Kishanganj, tagging Patna Police and writing – ‘Forwarded for necessary legal action’
NEW DELHI — He has been in Russia for four months. His name, however, is in an FIR in Patna.
Mohammad Sadaqat, a young man from Kishanganj in Bihar, has alleged that the Bihar Police have booked him in connection with the recent students’ protest against paper leaks — even though he has not been in the country for months.
The allegation surfaced after Sadaqat posted a video on social media, which has since gone viral. In the clip, he says he has been living in Russia for the last four months and could not have been part of any protest in Patna or Delhi, and yet his name figures among those against whom an FIR has been registered.
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A Video and a One-Line Response
The video caught the attention of the police themselves. Responding to the viral clip, the official handle of Bihar Police tagged Patna Police and wrote: “Forwarded for necessary legal action.”
The terse response has only added to the confusion — whether the police will verify his alibi and remove his name, or proceed with the case.
As of now, details of the FIR — the police station where it was registered, the sections invoked, and the specific allegations against Sadaqat — are not in the public domain. What is known is that Patna Police had registered multiple FIRs against protesters and others in connection with the ‘Sansad Chalo’ and state-level demonstrations by students demanding action on paper leaks.
‘I Was Not Even in India’
In his video, Sadaqat claims he is a resident of Kishanganj, Bihar’s easternmost district, and has been in Russia since March. He says he came to know about the FIR through family members and friends back home.
His assertion, if verified through passport stamps, visa records and immigration data, would mean a clear case of mistaken identity or wrongful inclusion — a pattern that has been flagged before during mass FIRs after protests.
Police sources say such FIRs are often based on preliminary inputs, lists prepared on the ground, and video footage, and that names can be included due to confusion over common names, old databases or local enmity. Sadaqat’s claim has not been independently verified, but his travel documents, if produced, can be easily cross-checked by investigators.
Larger Questions
The incident comes at a time when the police action against students protesting over repeated paper leaks is itself under judicial scrutiny. The Supreme Court is hearing a plea seeking a ban on pellet guns allegedly used during the protest, while Opposition MPs have questioned the use of tear gas, lathi-charge and pellet guns on peaceful demonstrators.
For Sadaqat, the immediate question is more personal: how does a man sitting thousands of kilometres away in Russia join an ‘unlawful assembly’ in Patna?
Patna Police are expected to examine his travel history and other evidence as part of their inquiry. Until then, the FIR remains, and so does the viral video — a young man from Kishanganj holding up his passport from Russia, asking how he landed in a Bihar police case.
