A complaint has been registered with the Ahmedabad Cyber Cell against the Congress Pradesh president of Chhattisgarh, Deepak Baij, for allegedly spreading false information about the Health services in Gujarat and defaming the healthcare services in the state.

Baij posted a video on the ‘X’ platform showing a patient who allegedly did not receive timely treatment, resulting in his death.

Baij claimed that the video was from a hospital in Gujarat. However, it was later discovered that the video was actually from a hospital in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

The Cyber police have registered the complaint and initiated an investigation into the matter.

On Friday, an individual named Payal Gupta posted a video on ‘X’ showing an accident victim being brought to a hospital, where the patient was allegedly asked to lie on the floor and did not receive timely treatment, resulting in his death. The video claimed that this incident occurred at a hospital in Gujarat.

The video sparked widespread criticism from netizens, who accused the Gujarat Health Department of negligence and tried to defame the state government.

Upon investigation, Cyber Crime traced the video and found that it was originally posted by Dipak Baij, the Congress president of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. Further research revealed that the video was not from a hospital in Ahmedabad, but from a hospital in Bilaspur.

Following which Cyber Crime Unit has registered a complaint against Dipak Baij for spreading misinformation.