Overview
- A video circulating online reportedly shows Sikandrabad Nagar Palika chairman Pradeep Dixit saying he would pay ₹1 crore to anyone who brings Trinamool MP Saayoni Ghosh’s severed head, prompting widespread alarm.
- Dixit has denied making the remark, accused unknown actors of using AI to manipulate the footage, and later issued a public expression of regret for his comments.
- Saayoni Ghosh called the clip an “open death threat,” publicly demanded legal and political action, and urged both Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal police to ensure her safety.
- Local BJP officials have publicly distanced the party from Dixit’s statement, and police have said they will take action only if a formal complaint is filed, leaving the case in a contested, developing stage.
- The episode traces to a resurfaced 2015 social post linked to Ghosh that led to an earlier FIR, and it underscores wider concerns about online disinformation, threats to elected women, and the limits of institutional response.