SSR Death Case: Rakul Preet Singh approaches Delhi High Court against media trial

The NCB probe into the drugs angle surrounding the mysterious death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput has taken a new turn. Names of Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh and Simone Khambatta have apparently emerged. Reacting to the news actress Rakul Preet filed a petition in the Delhi High Court. She is seeking direction to be issued to the Ministry of Information & Broadcast to stop the media barrage against her. The hearing took place in the presence of single bench judge Justice Navin Chawla.

Bollywood actor Rakul Preet Singh, whose name also surfaced in drugs-related matter in Sushant Singh Rajput death probe, approaches Delhi High Court against media trial. She through her lawyer submitted that media reports being run in contravention with I&B Ministry guidelines

— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2020

In her plea, Rakul said, “I got to know during a shoot that Rhea Chakraborty has named me and Sara Ali Khan for taking drugs, and the media started running a campaign against me. They’re showing my morphed pictures and pictures from film sets to paint a narrative, to hound me, and link me to some sort of a drug gang. The media is harassing me; they’re coming to my house. Please issue an ad-interim direction to stop broadcasting of maligning and defamatory content against me. Media trials violate my right under Art 21 of the Constitution, the court must interfere”

The bench said that “There has to be some restraint. Media gets to know info even before the officers themselves. Reputations are getting tarnished.”

The court issued notice to the I&B ministry, Prasar Bharati, and News Broadcasters Association to consider Rakul Preet Singh’s plea as a representation and expeditiously decide it including any interim directions that ought to be issued.

Delhi High Court directs Centre, Prasar Bharati and News Broadcasters Association to consider Rakul Preet Singh’s plea as a representation and expeditiously decide it including any interim directions that ought to be issued https://t.co/8T3nb3cT8X

— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2020

Rakul Preet Singh is a popular actress in the south film industry, who made her acting debut in the Kannada film Gilli (2009). She stepped into Bollywood in 2014 with the film ‘Aiyaary’. She is also a part of ‘De De Pyaar De’ and ‘Marjaavaan’. her upcoming films are ‘Attack’ with John Abraham and Jacqueline Fernandez and a south flick ‘Ayalaan’.

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