By Online Desk
AHMEDABAD: Trinamool Congress’ national spokesperson Saket Gokhale has said it was “an irony,” that he was arrested for tweeting about PM Modi’s visit to Morbi while the owner of Oreva “remained free.”
This comes after the Gujarat Police arrested Gokhale over a tweet endorsing an alleged fake news about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Morbi after the bridge collapse incident, which resulted in over 135 deaths.
The Trinamool spokesperson was apprehended from Jaipur in Rajasthan during the early hours by officials of the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Cyber Crime, Jitendra Yadav said.
Gokhale was produced before the Ahmedabad Metropolitan court on Tuesday evening.
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The FIR was registered under Indian Penal Code Sections 465, 469, 471 (all pertaining to forgery) and 501 (printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory), police said.
Quoting an RTI, It is being claimed in a tweet that PM’s visit to Morbi cost ₹30 cr.#PIBFactCheckThis claim is #Fake.No such RTI response has been given. pic.twitter.com/CEVgvWgGTv
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) December 1, 2022
Gokhale, 35, the spokesperson of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, underwent heart surgery recently and was on a private visit to Jaipur, sources said. He recently tweeted a news clipping which apparently appeared to have been published in a leading Gujarati newspaper.
The news clipping claimed a query under the Right to Information (RTI) revealed the Gujarat government had spent Rs 30 crore on PM Modi’s visit to Morbi after a bridge collapsed there in October.
The bridge tragedy had claimed 135 lives.
TMC national spokesperson @SaketGokhale arrested by Gujarat Police.Saket took a 9pm flight from New Delhi to Jaipur on Mon. When he landed, Gujarat Police was at the airport in Rajasthan waiting for him and picked him up. 1/3
— Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) December 6, 2022
Citing the news clipping which he attached to his tweet, Gokhale said, “RTI reveals that Modi’s visit to Morbi for a few hours cost Rs 30 crore… Just Modi’s event management and PR costs more than the lives of 135 innocent people.”
ACP Jadhav said, “When we contacted Gujarat Samachar, the management told us this news was never published and it was totally fake and created by someone to look authentic. Thus, we have detained Gokhale for spreading fake news.”
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(With Inputs from PTI)
AHMEDABAD: Trinamool Congress’ national spokesperson Saket Gokhale has said it was “an irony,” that he was arrested for tweeting about PM Modi’s visit to Morbi while the owner of Oreva “remained free.”
This comes after the Gujarat Police arrested Gokhale over a tweet endorsing an alleged fake news about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Morbi after the bridge collapse incident, which resulted in over 135 deaths.
The Trinamool spokesperson was apprehended from Jaipur in Rajasthan during the early hours by officials of the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Cyber Crime, Jitendra Yadav said.
Gokhale was produced before the Ahmedabad Metropolitan court on Tuesday evening.
ALSO READ | Bridge collapse | Morbi civic body ‘acting smart’: HC’s strong words on authorities’ absence from court
The FIR was registered under Indian Penal Code Sections 465, 469, 471 (all pertaining to forgery) and 501 (printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory), police said.
Quoting an RTI, It is being claimed in a tweet that PM’s visit to Morbi cost ₹30 cr.#PIBFactCheck
This claim is #Fake.
No such RTI response has been given. pic.twitter.com/CEVgvWgGTv
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) December 1, 2022
Gokhale, 35, the spokesperson of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, underwent heart surgery recently and was on a private visit to Jaipur, sources said. He recently tweeted a news clipping which apparently appeared to have been published in a leading Gujarati newspaper.
The news clipping claimed a query under the Right to Information (RTI) revealed the Gujarat government had spent Rs 30 crore on PM Modi’s visit to Morbi after a bridge collapsed there in October.
The bridge tragedy had claimed 135 lives.
TMC national spokesperson @SaketGokhale arrested by Gujarat Police.
Saket took a 9pm flight from New Delhi to Jaipur on Mon. When he landed, Gujarat Police was at the airport in Rajasthan waiting for him and picked him up. 1/3
— Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) December 6, 2022
Citing the news clipping which he attached to his tweet, Gokhale said, “RTI reveals that Modi’s visit to Morbi for a few hours cost Rs 30 crore… Just Modi’s event management and PR costs more than the lives of 135 innocent people.”
ACP Jadhav said, “When we contacted Gujarat Samachar, the management told us this news was never published and it was totally fake and created by someone to look authentic. Thus, we have detained Gokhale for spreading fake news.”
ALSO READ | Rusty cables, loose bolts tell shoddy tale of Morbi bridge renovation, other lapses: Probe
(With Inputs from PTI)
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