jaipur the state government has registered a case against a journalist and sachin pilots media advisor for spreading fake news and criminal conspiracy the matter is regarding the alleged tapping of congress mlas phones when they were in jaisalmer during the recent political crisis the opposition also attacked the government on social media regarding it the persons named in the fir are aaj taks jaipurbased editor sharad kumar and pilots media advisor lokendra singh though they are yet to be questionedom prakash matwa sho vidhayakpuri police station where the fir was lodged told toi we received a complaint that the duo had ran a piece of news claiming that the phones of few of the mlas were tapped when they were in jaisalmer we have started an investigation and will question the accused as well the case has been registered under ipc section 505 1 b which is for spreading false and mischievous content that results in fear or alarm to the public 505 2 for statement creating enmity between classes 120 b for criminal conspiracy and it act 2008 the complaint was initially lodged at the cyber crime police station sho surendra pancholi added in august we received a complaint that a certain false news was being shared on social media following which we started a probe during investigation we found that there was certain truth to the claims after which the fir was lodged at vidhayakpuri police station meanwhile the persons named in the fir appeared to be baffled about the matter kumar while speaking to toi said all media houses ran the story and i was the last one to carry it so i fail to understand as to why am i being targeted moreover after two months the case has been lodged which in itself is surprising in fact i had gone to jaisalmer myself and demonstrated that mobile jammers were in place near the hotel where the mlas were residing kumar also claimed that no police officer had contacted him regarding the matter and when he tried to get in touch with them they all seemed to by passing the buck according to sources the dgp and jaipur police commissioner were asked by the government to inquire and act against people spreading baseless allegations state bjp president satish poonia also took to twitter and wrote that congress was targeting the media as they were questioning the increasing crime in rajasthan