Madhya Pradesh police have also filed a case against Shashi Tharoor and the six journalists over their alleged “misleading” tweets on the violence during the farmers’ tractor rally in Delhi.
After multiple police cases or FIRs were registered against them over their alleged “misleading” tweets on the violence during the farmers’ tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and news anchor Rajdeep Sardesai have approached the Supreme Court.
On Tuesday evening, journalists Mrinal Pande, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath and Anant Nath also approached the Supreme Court.
Uttar Pradesh Police had registered a case against seven people, including Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and news anchor Rajdeep Sardesai in Sector 20 police station of Noida. The FIR filed on the basis of a complaint lodged by a person named Abhijeet Mishra had said that the accused posted incorrect tweets on January 26 and a conspiracy was hatched to incite riots.
In his complaint to the police, Arpit Mishra had said that he lives with his family in Sector 74 Supertech Cape Town. They allege that Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, journalist Mrinal Pandey, journalist Zafar Aga, Pareshnath, Anant Nath, Vinod K Jose and an unknown are behind the January 26 violence in Delhi.
The complainant had said, “I am deeply saddened by the deliberate riots on January 26, 2021. These individuals acted out of prejudice which endangered the security of the country and the lives of the people. These people instigated violence and riots in the capital with the intention of staging a planned riot and killing public servants.”
On January 30, Delhi Police had filed a case against Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai, The Caravan and others in the same matter.
Madhya Pradesh police have also filed a case against Shashi Tharoor and the six journalists over their alleged “misleading” tweets on the violence during the farmers’ tractor rally in Delhi.
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