The duration of the videos is between six minutes and 10 minutes. Investigators believe the provocative content of the videos had fanned anger, resulting in violence in south Mumbai on August 11.
Additional commissioner of police (detection, crime branch) Niket Kaushik said, "We have gone through all the videos and clippings and found that some of these were doctored. The images used were not of the violence in Assam or Myanmar. We have also blocked several blogs that were discussing these issues."
Kaushik said the police have written to service providers and sought information on internet protocol (IP) addresses of websites from where these videos were uploaded. "Until we get the information, it will be difficult to say where the videos were uploaded from," said Kaushik.
"These provocative clippings were sold in the form of an MMS for Rs 10 each a few days before the riots. We are also keeping tabs on some mobile memory card dealers who had upload videos in the cards. If found guilty, action will be taken against them," said a crime branch officer.
Sources said a clipping titled "Muslim being burnt in Burma" is actually that of a Tibetan protestor who had set himself ablaze two years ago. Source-TOI
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