Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday reacted to his earlier statement on probe in tweets of celebrities in response to international celebrities over farm laws.
Deshmukh said, "My statement was distorted. I said BJP's IT cell should be investigated, BJP's IT cell chief & names of 12 influencers have come out in probe"
The minister had ordered a probe into the tweets done by celebs like Bharat Ratnas Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar, Akshay Kumar, Saina Nehwal and others on the ongoing farmers' protest.
Terming it a "serious" matter, Deshmukh had ordered the Intelligence Department to go into the background of the tweets, many of which were similar in content and posted at the same time.
After international pop star Rihanna and environmental activist Greta Thunberg's posts on the farmers' protest in India, many Indian celebrities like Bollywood actors and sportspersons, including cricketers, had called for unity through tweets.
The celebs used similar hashtags like #IndiaTogether, #IndiaAgainstPropagada etc to counter the tweets posted by foreign celebs, who came out in support of the Indian peasantry.