Govt issues notice to Wikipedia as Arshdeep's page tampered with

Wrongful Edits Removed In Minutes: Wiki

New Delhi: Wikipedia found itself in the middle of a controversy in India for publishing false information on cricketer Arshdeep Singh's page that linked him to the separatist Khalistani movement.

After the government reacted to the vitriolic propaganda, which created a buzz on social media platforms, Wikipedia said it had removed "the wrongful edits within minutes" to correct the slanderous campaign. The ministry of IT and electronics has issued a notice to Wikipedia.

The Wikipedia episode came after Singh was trolled on social media for dropping a catch at a crucial stage of India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match in Dubai on Sunday. In what appeared to be a replay of the vicious trolling that pacer Mohammad Sami was subjected to by Pakistan-based handles to make it appear that he had been singled out for India's defeat because of his faith, a number of Twitter handles went into overdrive to insinuate that Arshdeep had been accused of being a Khalistani by Indians who held him singularly responsible for the loss to Pakistan.

One of the tweets even went to the extent of saying that a news channel had called the cricketer a Khalistan supporter.