Twitter purporting to be both investigating and adjudicating authority: Delhi Police

The Delhi Police Thursday said the statements by Twitter on the ongoing probe in the ‘toolkit’ case are “mendacious”, and designed to impede the lawful enquiry and seek “dubious sympathy”.

The strongly-worded statement, which also terms Twitter’s conduct “obfuscatory, diversionary and tendentious”, came after the social media firm Thursday called the recent “visit” by a Delhi police team to its offices a form of “intimidation”. Twitter also said it was concerned about its employees and the potential threat to freedom of expression.