Zee News anchor detained for fake Rahul Gandhi video as UP, Chhattisgarh police in custody

a news anchor for zee hindustan He was detained from his home in UP’s Ghaziabad on Tuesday, days after the channel aired a video in which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in Kerala were misrepresented as the murder of an Udaipur tailor.

Police in Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh and BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh reportedly pushed for Rohit Ranjan’s custody on Monday morning, but the anchor was forced to accompany the UP police. The anchor had tweeted at 6:16 am that Chhattisgarh Police has come down to their door without informing the local police station.

“Chhattisgarh Police is standing outside my house to arrest me without informing the local police. This is not legally correct,” Ranjan tweeted in Hindi.

The outside police are informed, @myogiadityanath @SspGhaziabad @adgzoneLucknow

— Rohit Ranjan (@irohitr) 5 July 2022

Raipur Police replied to the tweet at 8:09 am that no rule exists to inform the local police first and asked Ranjan to cooperate with them.

There is no such rule to notify. Yet, now they are informed. The police team has shown you the arrest warrant of the court. You should really cooperate, join the investigation and put your defense in court.

— Raipur Police (@RaipurPoliceCG) 5 July 2022

FIRs have been lodged in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, both ruled by Congress, BJP MP and spokesperson Rajyavardhan Rathore and others, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in Kerala for allegedly spreading lies that appear to be Udaipur tailors. There was a comment on the murder of

FIR registered under IPC sections 504 (intentional insult), 505 (criminal intimidation), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, caste, place of birth etc.), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts) Outraging the religious sentiments of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).

The complaints allege that Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan aired a statement by Gandhi on the SFI violence at his Wayanad office in his show and prompted it to state that it was a take on the heinous murder of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur. There was a comment.

Although the channel apologized, Ranjan said, “Yesterday in our show DNA, Rahul Gandhi’s statement was taken in the wrong context by linking the Udaipur incident, it was a human error for which our team apologizes.” ,

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