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New Delhi: The Haryana Police have arrested two individuals for allegedly conspiring to forge forensic and cyber analysis reports related to a controversial video purportedly showing Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann. A day after the arrests, Opposition parties have attacked the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the state on Wednesday (June 24).

The two arrested in connection with the case, Ankit Bhardwaj and Arun Mahendru, were contract employees with the National Investigation Agency (NIA), The Indian Express reported. The Gurugram police said that the laboratories they represented did not exist.

“Ankit had given a report of video analysis in the name of Cipher Sentinel lab. On the ground, Cipher Sentinel lab does not exist. This lab is not registered with any government department and he is not even an employee at any laboratory,” Naveen Sharma, assistant commissioner of police (Crime), Gurgaon was quoted as saying by IE.

“Similarly, Arun Mahendru gave a report of video analysis in the name of Cyber Yaan lab, which also does not exist. Arun is also not an employee of any forensic laboratory and yet he signed the report in the........

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