GURUGRAM FIR DECODED: What It Says, What It Doesn’t. Is Bhagwant Mann named? And What SAD Gets Wrong.
The Gurugram FIR names no politician. It charges two private individuals with organised crime, forgery and IT offences. But the sections invoked and the narrative within open questions that go well beyond the two accused.
Arvind Chhabra
Chandigarh, June 24
When Haryana Police registered Gurugram FIR No. 0263 at DLF Police Station, Gurugram, on June 23 at 5:43 pm, it set off a political storm that is still building. The Shiromani Akali Dal is now demanding that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann be named in a fresh FIR. Mann himself has gone on camera to call the entire controversy a politically motivated attack.
What does the Gurugram FIR say — and what does it not?
The FIR: Basic Facts
The complaint is filed by 30-year-old Jaspreet Singh alias Jassi, a Sirsa resident. It is registered at DLF Police Station, Gurugram.
The offence period is June 15–16, 2026. The place of occurrence is Crown Plaza hotel, near IFFCO Chowk, Gurugram — described in the FIR text as “an important location in Haryana.”
Who Is Named As Accused?
The FIR names no politician. The two persons arrested — identified in previous reporting as Ankit and Arun — are the accused. They are associated with two private forensic facilities named in the document: Cipher Sentinel Lab and Cyberyan Labs, both based in Gurugram.
Bhagwant Mann does not appear in the FIR. No Punjab Police officer is named as an accused. The FIR is against persons unknown beyond the two arrested individuals.
What Sections Are Invoked — And Why They Matter
Eight provisions are listed in the Gurugram FIR:
— IT Act 2000, Section 65: Tampering with computer source documents — IT Act 2000, Section 66(D): Cheating by personation using a computer resource — BNS 2023, Section 111(2)(a): Organised crime — BNS 2023, Section 318(2): Cheating — BNS 2023, Section 319: Cheating by personation — BNS 2023, Section 336(2) and 336(3): Forgery, and forgery of electronic records — BNS 2023, Section 340: Using forged documents as genuine
The Section 111(2)(a) organised crime charge is the most legally significant. It is not applied to individual acts of cheating — it signals that Haryana Police believe this was a structured, syndicated operation. That section can be extended to additional accused persons if investigation reveals a wider conspiracy.
What the Complainant Alleges
According to the Gurugram FIR narrative, Jaspreet Singh alleges he was approached and pressured by the two accused to produce a forensic report with a predetermined conclusion — specifically, that the viral video linked to Punjab’s Chief Minister was AI-generated or tampered with. In other words, a report that would give Mann a clean chit.
He states he was offered Rs 10 lakh. He was taken to Crown Plaza hotel, Gurugram, on June 15, where he says the forged report — complete with fabricated laboratory stamps — was being finalised. He alleges he was threatened with consequences to his family’s safety if he did not comply. He further states that when he resisted, pressure continued on June 16.
He also alleges that two Punjabi-language forensic reports were already prepared and he was being asked to add credentials and sign off — lending legitimacy to documents whose findings, he says, no credible scientific process had been used to reach.
He identifies Cipher Sentinel Lab and Cyberyan Labs as the entities whose names appear on these reports, and states neither organisation has government recognition or the technical capacity to conduct the kind of AI-deepfake analysis the reports purported to show.
Importantly, Jaspreet states he filed this complaint because he feared for his safety and that of his family, and because he was unwilling to be used as a cover for what he describes as a fabricated exercise.
What the FIR Does Not Say
The Gurugram FIR contains no allegation against Bhagwant Mann. It contains no allegation against any named Punjab Police officer. It does not identify who directed the two accused to approach Jaspreet, who commissioned the reports, or who paid for the hotel stay. These remain open investigative questions — but they are not answered within the four corners of the document.
The Gurugram FIR does not, as some reports have suggested, allege that the Akal Takht’s forensic reports were fabricated. The allegation runs in the other direction entirely: that a fake report was being manufactured to help Mann, not to hurt him.
What SAD Is Demanding — And Where It Stands Legally
At a press conference on Wednesday, senior SAD leader Parambans Singh Romana demanded that Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini register a separate FIR naming Bhagwant Mann and two Punjab Police officers — SP Jashandeep Singh and Ludhiana Commissioner of Police Swapan Sharma.
Romana alleged that the two officers edited the forensic report and gave it final shape, since the private labs lacked the expertise to do so. He demanded seizure of their phones, laptops and hard drives, and examination of call records to determine who gave directions in the case.
This demand is politically significant but perhaps legally premature. Nothing in FIR No. 0263 names either officer. SAD’s version of events — that the officers were directing the operation from above — is an allegation at a press conference, not a finding of the investigating agency. Whether Haryana Police, now in possession of CCTV footage from the Crown Plaza and seizing digital devices, will find a trail leading upward remains to be seen.
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Mann’s Response
In a video statement on Wednesday, Mann said the forensic laboratories used by his government were being targeted because political opponents had united against him. He said the controversy had backfired on his critics and as a result, “they are intimidating laboratory owners through threats of FIRs and pressure tactics, forcing them to claim they were paid money to prepare a false report.”
Mann did not address the specific details of Gurugram FIR No. 0263 or the identities of the accused. He repeated his position that the viral video is AI-generated and does not show him.
Where Things Stand
Gurugram Police have registered the case, made two arrests, and seized hotel CCTV footage. The investigation is at an early stage. The Section 111(2)(a) organised crime provision leaves the door open for the chargesheet to name additional accused if the money trail or digital evidence leads further.
The Akal Takht has separately summoned Sikh cabinet ministers and MLAs to Amritsar on June 29. Punjab assembly elections are due in early 2027.
The Gurugram FIR has opened a criminal investigation. It has not, as yet, answered the question everyone is really asking: who sent those two men to the hotel room in Gurugram.
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