SC to hear journalist Rohit Ranjan's plea seeking 'urgent hearing' on July 7
New Delhi, July 6: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear journalist Rohit Ranjan's plea on Thursday in connection with a 'misleading show' for which he later apologised.
Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra cited news anchor Rohit Ranjan's plea before the Supreme Court, informing the court that he was arrested by Noida Police on Tuesday and later released on bail and that the Chattisgarh police now seek to arrest him. Luthra stated that the matter requires an immediate hearing because Ranjan will be in jail many times due to multiple FIRs filed against him.
He further informed the court that he does a show in which there was a mistake. He later apologised for the mistake, however, multiple FIRs were filed against him.
Chhattisgarh Police arrived at the news anchor's home in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday after an FIR was filed against him following the broadcast of a misleading video about Rahul Gandhi, for which the channel apologised.
However, the anchor Rohit Ranjan was arrested by Noida Police after he tweeted on Twitter this morning, "Chhattisgarh Police is standing outside my house to arrest me without informing the local police, is it legal". He also tagged Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and SSP Ghaziabad and ADG Zone Lucknow in the tweet.
In response to Ranjan's tweet, the Raipur Police in Chhatisgarh stated on Twitter, "There is no such rule to inform. Still, now they are informed. The police team has shown you court's warrant of arrest. You should in fact cooperate, join in investigation and put your defence in court."
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Meanwhile, ADCP Noida stated, "In the course of an investigation registered at police station Sector 20, a person named Rohit Ranjan, working in a news channel is being questioned."
Ranjan, on his show, also said, "Yesterday, in our show DNA, Rahul Gandhi's statement was taken in the wrong context by linking it to the Udaipur incident, it was a human error for which our team apologises.
The Congress filed a complaint in Raipur against journalist Ranjan for allegedly "running a doctored video of Rahul Gandhi".
According to sources, the FIR filed by Congress said that Rohit Ranjan intentionally linked Rahul Gandhi's statements on the vandalization of his office to the Udaipur incident in an attempt to incite public sentiments.
Rahul Gandhi while referring to the attack on his Wayanad office had said, "The children who did this have acted in an irresponsible way. They are kids, forgive them."
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-PTC News
