Delhi court orders Police probe against Navika Kumar in Arnab Goswami defamation case
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New Delhi: A Delhi court has ordered the police to conduct an investigation against the Times Now Group Editor-in-Chief Navika Kumar, on Tuesday. ARG Outlier Media, owned by journalist Arnab Goswami, had filed a defamation lawsuit against the host of prime time show The NewsHour telecast, reported the Bar&Bench.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Sidhant Sihag of the Patiala House Courts used Section 202 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), empowering a magistrate to conduct an investigation before summoning an accused who lives outside the court's jurisdiction.
“Arguments on the point of summoning heard. Accused is stated to be residing beyond the jurisdiction of this court. Given the facts and circumstances, I deem it appropriate that an investigation be carried out in the instant matter u/s 202 CrPC / 225 BNSS,” the order stated. The matter will be taken up next on February 26 with Advocate Ayush Jindal appearing for ARG Outlier Media.
The complaint concerned a Times Now broadcast that was aired on January 18, 2020. According to the lawsuit, while discussing the suspected Television Rating Points (TRP) scandal, Kumar reportedly made defamatory remarks about Goswami on the prime-time show, The Newshour.
The parent company of Republic TV, ARG Outlier, said that the program featured unproven accusations and misrepresented portions of the Mumbai Police charge sheet to harm the name of Republic TV and its editor-in-chief.
The TRP scam surfaced in October 2020. The Mumbai Police said that various channels, including Republic TV, Fakht Marathi and Box Cinema, manipulated ratings by bribing viewers to keep their televisions turned on. A magistrate court in Mumbai allowed the police to withdraw their prosecution in the case in March 2025.
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Man arrested for for raping mute woman in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.
The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.
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The accused was a caretaker of the company.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.
