Dhruv Rathee reacts to Maliwal’s allegation of receiving threats after his video on her case
New Delhi: Popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee refuted the recent 'fake allegations' against him by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal that she had been receiving rape and death threats after he posted a video on the alleged assault on her by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's personal assistant Bibhav Kumar, saying he was used to issues like fake allegations, daily death threats, insults and defamation campaigns against him.
While he cited no names in his post on his personal ‘X’ account on Monday, Rathee added, ‘The irony is that perpetrators are pretending to be victims. Everyone knows who is behind all this. They want to silence me. But that’s not gonna happen. If you silence 1 Dhruv Rathee, 1000 new ones will rise up. Jai Hind’.
Maliwal had also alleged that the AAP and its volunteers were undertaking a character assassination campaign against her and Rathee’s ‘one-sided video’ against her was worsening the situation for her. On her personal ‘X’ account she posted screenshots of the abusive messages she was sent and said, “After the leaders and volunteers of my party, i.e., AAP orchestrated a campaign of character assassination, victim shaming, and fanning of emotions against me, I have been getting rape and death threats. This got further exacerbated when YouTuber @Dhruv_Rathee posted a one-sided video against me.”
The MP said that, while the AAP was trying to intimidate her into withdrawing her complaint, Dhruv Rathee had ignored her calls and messages when she tried to contact him. “It is shameful that people like him, who claim to be independent journalists could act like other AAP spokespersons and victim shame me to the extent that I am now facing extreme abuses and threats,” Maliwal said.
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Four of family killed as car jumps divider on highway in Gujarat's Panchmahal
Godhra (Gujarat) (PTI): Four members of a family were killed, and one sustained grievous injuries after their speeding car jumped a divider on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway corridor in Gujarat's Panchmahal district on Monday, police said.
The car driver lost control of the wheels near Kalol. As a result, the four-wheeler jumped the divider and veered off to the other side of the highway, an official from Kalol police station said.
Soon after the accident, some locals rushed to the scene and also alerted the police. Efforts were made to pull out the people trapped in the car.
Four persons died on the spot, while one suffered injuries, the official said.
The deceased were members of a family from Vadodara and were returning from Rajasthan when the tragedy struck, the official said.
They have been identified as Sajid Iqbal Khinji (55), Ilyas Iqbal Khinji (50), Ishaq Iqbal Khinji (48) and Rehan Azgar Khinji (35).
