DoT extends suspension of official Ashish Joshi by another 90 days

New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) has extended the suspension of former controller of communication accounts Ashish Joshi by another 90 days, according to a social media post by the officer. Joshi was suspended on February 26, 2019 after he approached the Delhi police demanding action against BJP leader Kapil Mishra for circulating on YouTube and Twitter a “highly incendiary video, provoking people to attack some citizens”.

Mishra, the former Aam Aadmi Party leader, had uploaded on social media a video, in which he vowed to “wage war” against “traitors”. Joshi wrote to the then Delhi police commissioner Amulya Patnaik, saying the content of the Mishra’s video was in violation of the IT Act and Indian Penal Code.