IT Ministry summons Wikipedia executives after Arshdeep's page entry shows 'Khalistan' connection

New Delhi, Sept 5: Arshdeep Singh, Indian pacer is being heavily criticized on social media giant Twitter for dropping a catch in IND vs PAK Sunday night. Arshdeep was brutally trolled by the netizens for the mistake he committed in a pressure situation.

 

But things went ugly after the 23-year-old was given names like "Khalistani". His page entry in Wikipedia was even changed to reflect the Khalistan association.

 

 

Accordingly, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Monday summoned Wikipedia executives in India to seek an explanation over the matter. The central government is of the opinion that the changes made to Arshdeep’s Wikipedia bio could cause disharmony in India. The entries read that Arshdeep was selected to play for the ‘Khalistani national cricket team’. It has been restored now.

 

 

It has been learned that the word ‘India’ was replaced with ‘Khalistan’ at several locations on the page. Also, the name of the cricketer was changed twice while several changes were made to his cricket stats.

 

According to the user’s IP address, citing the version history for Singh’s page, was allocated to the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), Pakistan’s national telecoms provider (the equivalent of India’s BSNL). The address mentioned is – ‘39.41.171.125’.