Sushma a victim of BJP-created 'monster': Congress
New Delhi, July 2: Congress on Monday condemned trolling of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj but noted the she was was a victim of a "monster" created by her own BJP.
Talking to reporters, Congress spokesperson Abhisehk Manu Singhvi said: "I have condemned it on the first day.... Congress Party has never supported it. Anybody who creates a Frankenstein's monster must remember that the definition of Frankenstein's monster is that they swallow you up.
"Anybody who rides a tiger must know that the tiger decides when to eat you up, you cannot decide when to dismount. This is a tiger put beneath Sushma Swaraj by the party to which she belongs (BJP)."
Noting Sushma Swaraj could not say so herself, he said: "Let me say it on her behalf. She is the victim of the Frankenstein monster and the tiger which her party has created. How many of her party colleagues have condemned it? Congress party has condemned it.
"A worse trolling has been done against my colleague Priyanka Chaturvedi. It does not matter whether it is Priyanka Chaturvedi or Sushma Swaraj - how does it matter? The point is - Is this India we want to live in?"
Singhvi also said that social media was there earlier too and "not invented four years ago". "The message you (trolls) are sending is that the climate you are creating, is precisely this climate. Today it can bite you, tomorrow it will bite you, it will bite her, and it will bite me," he said.
In a tweet which was brought down later following an outrage, user @GirishK1605 had threatened to harm Chaturvedi's minor daughter.
Responding to it, Chaturvedi tweeted: "Thank you. I am glad I belong to a party which has no space for such abuse. Wish someone would take a similar stand for Sushma ji in support from her party's platform. Alas those who endorse such abuse will never condemn."
When Sushma Swaraj on Sunday initiated a poll on Twitter, asking the users whether they approve of such trolling, out of 1,24,305 votes, 57 per cent respondents backed her but 43 per cent supported the trolls.
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BharatPe fraud case: Delhi HC quashes lookout circular against Ashneer Grover, wife
New Delhi, Nov 12: The Delhi High Court has ordered cancellation of a lookout circular (LOC) issued against Ashneer Grover, the former MD of payment app BharatPe, and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover, noting that the FIR lodged against them over allegations of cheating and forgery has already been quashed.
Justice Sanjeev Narula passed the order on Monday after the court was informed that another bench of the high court quashed the FIR on the same day.
The FIR was quashed by Justice Chandra Dhari Singh after considering a plea moved by the Grovers stating that they have arrived at a settlement with the fintech company.
In his order, Justice Narula said, "Although the copy of the order (quashing the FIR) is not available as of now, the aforenoted fact is not disputed by the counsel for the parties.
"In light of the fact that the underlying FIR has been quashed, the LOC issued by respondent No. 3 (Bureau of Immigration), in the opinion of the court, will not survive."
The LOC was issued by the Bureau of Immigration at the instance of Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in view of the investigation against the Grovers in the cheating and forgery FIR.
The court was hearing a plea moved by Grover and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover seeking quashing of the LOC issued against them in connection with the investigation into the cheating and forgery case.
"Accordingly, the present petitions are disposed of with a direction to the respondents to cancel the LOC against the petitioners in their records," the court noted.
Earlier, the Grovers claimed that they were informed about the LOC for the first time when they were detained at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on November 16, 2023, while they were scheduled to travel to the US.
After being detained, they were informed that the LOC was operational from November 6, 2023.
In May last year, the EOW filed an FIR against Grover, his wife Madhuri, and others under eight sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating and dishonesty), 467 and 468 (forgery), and 471 (using forged documents as genuine) for an alleged Rs 81 crore fraud after a complaint was lodged by BhartPe, the fintech unicorn.
In its complaint, BharatPe alleged that Grover and his family caused damages to the tune of Rs 81.3 crore through illegitimate payments to bogus human resource consultants, inflated and undue payments through pass-through vendors connected to the accused, sham transactions in input tax credit and payment of penalty to GST authorities, illegal payment to travel agencies, forged invoices by Madhuri, and destruction of evidence.
Madhuri was the head of controls at BharatPe before she was fired in 2022 after a forensic audit revealed several irregularities.
Subsequently, Grover resigned as the chief executive officer of the fintech firm in March 2022.
