The Rajasthan police on Sunday detained model-actress Payal Rohatgi from her residence in Ahmedabad for objectionable remarks against Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru.
“We have detained him from Ahmedabad. We are bringing him to Bundi; She should be here by Monday morning. She made a video against Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru on which objectionable comments were made. Bundi SP Mamta Gupta told A case was registered under the IT Act on October 10.
“We did not have her address, so we sent a team to Mumbai first. We sent several notices to her Mumbai and Ahmedabad addresses to introduce ourselves, but she did not turn up. Gupta said, so we finally got one in Ahmedabad Sent the team.
Payal Rohatgi was picked up from Ahmedabad Satellite Area. “A Bundi police team reached our police station and asked for assistance in a case against Rohatgi. The satellite station team helped the Bundi police and arrested the accused around 10:30 am. She has not been arrested yet; She has Our police station was under house arrest. The officer in charge of the satellite station PD Darji said, “The Bundi police team has left for Bundi, where she is formally arrested Will be.
In a video posted on her social media accounts on 6 and 21 September, Payal Rohatgi made comments about members of the Nehru-Gandhi family, including Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and Sanjay Gandhi.
On October 10, an FIR was lodged at the Sadar police station in Bundi based on a complaint by Indian Youth Congress General Secretary Charmesh Sharma in Rajasthan.
“The contribution of our freedom fighters is at the top. There can be no compromise on their honor, and no Indian citizen can question his character and make objectionable or vulgar comments against him. 37 Sharma said, Payal Rohatgi When she asked the nature of the women who played a role in our freedom struggle, she crossed all the limits.
Bundi SP said that it took time for Rohatgi to be taken into custody as the matter was related to social media. “We will ask him why she made this video and what his motive was. She filed for anticipatory bail on Friday, and we also submitted relevant documents, but no decision could be taken. We followed the procedure. .. Gupta said, We also wrote letters to Twitter and Facebook and sought records from them.
Under IPC sections 504 (intentional libel with intent to provoke breach of peace), 505 (statements leading to public mischief), and section 67 of IT Act (punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) on Rohatgi Has been charged. Said that Bundi sp.
Meanwhile, Rohatgi tweeted on Sunday, Rajasthan Police have arrested me for making a video on Motilal Nehru, which I made by taking information from Google. Freedom to speak is a joke and tagged the offices of the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor tweeted, “There is no doubt that Payal Rohatgi’s comments were tasteless and false, the typical Sanghi Drive circulated on WhatsApp. But it is imprudent to arrest him: upholding freedom of expression Meaning, she is joining the police to say stupid things. She should be released.
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