{
  "id": 14445699,
  "title": "Dhruv Rathee Alleges Delhi Police, IB Personnel Followed Him | Video",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/dhruv-rathee-alleges-delhi-police-ib-personnel-followed-him-video",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T11:51:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/dhruv-rathee-alleges-delhi-police-ib-personnel-followed-him-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 14, social media influencer and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee asserted on Instagram that officers from the Delhi Police and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) had been tailing him. In a video posted to his account, Rathee pointed out multiple vehicles following his own car as he drove, claiming the surveillance had continued for some time. He addressed individuals in one of the vehicles, referring to them by name and questioning their actions.\n\nRathee appeared to suggest that he was attempting to determine the extent of the alleged surveillance by taking a U-turn and observing if the vehicles pursued him further. He jokingly addressed the cameras, saying, \"Smile, Delhi Police. You are on camera.\" However, the precise location of the incident was not disclosed by Rathee.\n\nThe Intelligence Bureau is India's primary internal security and domestic intelligence agency, operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Its role is to gather intelligence related to internal security threats. Still, the specific claim made by Rathee, including the identity of the vehicles and the number of individuals following him, could not be independently verified.",
  "summary": "Social media influencer & Youtuber Dhruv Rathee alleged on October 14 that personnel from the Delhi Police and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) were following him, claiming that multiple vehicles had been trailing him while he was travelling in a car. In a video shared on his Instagram account, Rathee recorded the vehicles behind him and questioned the alleged surveillance, pointing towards a Scorpio…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}