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Zee News Anchor Rohit Ranjan Arrested Over Misleading Video On Rahul Gandhi

by Shashank
Rohit Ranjan

Earlier in the day, a team from Chhattisgarh Police had arrived at Rohit Ranjan’s residence in ​​Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram area to arrest him.

Zee News DNA anchor Rohit Ranjan was arrested by Noida Police in Ghaziabad on Tuesday, 5 July, after the channel aired allegedly misleading clips about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

A case had been filed against Ranjan at Noida Sector-20 Police Station.

Earlier in the day, a team from Chhattisgarh Police had arrived at Rohit Ranjan’s residence in ​​Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram area to arrest him.

The anchor on Twitter said

“Chhattisgarh Police is standing outside my house to arrest me without informing the local police, is it legal,” the journalist had tweeted in Hindi. He also tagged UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, SSP Ghaziabad, and ADG Zone Lucknow.

Replying to the tweet the Raipur police tweeted “”There is no such rule to inform. Still, now they are informed. Police team has shown you court’s warrant of arrest. You should in fact cooperate, join in investigation and put your defence in court.”
The Congress party alleged that Ranjan distorted the statement of senior leader Rahul Gandhi in his special TV show which tarnished his image.
Around 19 Congress workers were also arrested in Noida for protesting outside the TV channel and burning effigies on Sunday, 3 July.
Cases had been registered against Ranjan in several states for his statements against Mr. Gandhi.
In the video, Mr. Gandhi made a comment about the Students’ Federation of India for vandalizing his Wayanad office on June 24. Gandhi described the attackers as children and said he had no ill-will against them, the Congress said.

Congress communications in charge  Jairam Ramesh said that the clip had been doctored to make it appear as if it was a comment about the killers of a tailor in Udaipur for extending support to suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

Zee Hindustan eventually withdrew the content and issued an apology for the doctored video.

Rohi Ranjan recently replaced Senior anchor Sudhir Chaudhary on the prime-time news show.

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