On Monday, a group of personnel from the special cell of the elite branch of the Delhi Police, responsible for investigating terrorism and organized crime in New Delhi, came to the city’s Twitter office and “issued a notice” to the head of Twitter in India.The police also tried to enter Twitter office in GurgaonA Twitter spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that the location has been permanently closed.

The move was announced three days after Twitter posted the “Manipulated Media” label on the site. tweet One-sixth members of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have accused the opposition Congress Party of attempting to harm Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi because he handled The second wave of coronavirus pandemic in India. In the video they circulated, they claimed that the Congress Party provided special medical benefits to journalists affected by the pandemic. Indian fact-checking site AltNews, Established The image is forged. (The National Congress Party also filed a police complaint with BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, who originally shared the image.) On Friday, India’s IT Ministry Sent a letter To the company and ask it to remove the label. Twitter does not.

A Twitter spokesperson declined to comment.

Multiple spokesmen for the Delhi police did not respond to requests for comment. However, sources within the law enforcement agency told BuzzFeed News that they went to Twitter’s office after receiving a “vague response” from the head of Twitter’s Indian country and sent a notice to Twitter as part of a “routine procedure”. Manish maheshwari.

In the police action video seen by BuzzFeed News, officials walked to the receptionist in the lobby of the New Delhi building, which is located at Twitter’s India headquarters, and asked about the location of the security guard’s office. It is not clear whether the police entered the office.

For months, Twitter has been dealing with the Indian government. In February, the company Refusal to review Despite being ordered by the Indian government, tweets belonging to the country’s journalists, activists and politicians Threat The IT department sentenced Twitter officials to jail for not delaying the government route.

At the end of February, the Indian government Unveil New regulations to assume greater powers for social media companies. Last Friday, it issued an order requiring the platform to delete content related to the “Indian variant” of the coronavirus. according to To Reuters.

This is a developing story.