FIR filed against Arnab Goswami for ‘derogatory’ remarks against Sonia Gandhi

Republic TV’s Editor Arnab Goswami had accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi of orchestrating the Palghar mob lynching incident which took place in Maharashtra’s Palghar on the night of April 16, 2020. Now, legal action was taken by the Chhattisgarh unit of the Congress for using “deliberately making inflammatory statements” in the show against Gandhi.

Chhattisgarh Health Minister T S Singh Deo and state Congress president Mohan Markam approached the police with a legal complaint letter against Goswami. The letter stated, “His statements are divisive on the basis of religion. He made defamatory comments on the Congress national president, proof of which is available on YouTube.”

Later, Singh Deo also tweeted: “I have just filed a complaint against… Arnab Goswami in Raipur for deliberately making inflammatory statements on his channel to invoke hatred…”

A senior Raipur police officer said, “We have received the complaint and are in the process of registering the FIR under Sections 153 (a) (promoting enmity on grounds of religion, race, etc), 295 (a) (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief). We are starting investigation.”

Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala tweeted a clip of Goswami’s comments on Sonia on his show, “Aapki party aur aapke party ke Rome se aaye hue Italy waali Sonia Gandhi chup nahin rahti. Aaj woh chup hain, man hi man main mujhe lagta hai woh khush hai…woh khush hai ki santon ko sadkon pe maara gaya, jahan pe unki sarkar hai. Report bhejegi woh, woh Italy main report bhejegi main bol raha hoon.dekhiye jahan pe maine ek sarkar bana li, wahan pe Hindu santon ko main marwa rahi hun. Aur wahan se wah-wahi milegi.wah beta, wah..bohot acha kiya Sonia Gandhi Antonio maino.” said Goswami.

Journalism of filth!

Deeply disgraceful that PM & BJP eulogize this brand of TV anchors.
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— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) April 22, 2020

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