Shivamogga: Agents led by BJP corporator insult RTO officer by showing slipper
Shivamogga, Feb 18: Video clippings of insulting the Deputy Transport Commissioner by showing the slipper and discriminatory abuse on his caste, by some RTO agents led by a BJP corporator at the Regional Transport Office here, has gone viral in the social media creating widespread resentment against the incident.
The incident occurred at the RTO office on Saturday afternoon. Currently, when the video has gone viral in social media, the District Government Employees Association and DSS office-bearers visited the RTO office and collected information from the officer and urged the authorities to take legal action against the culprits.
Following these developments, senior regional transport officer Srinivasaiah lodged a complaint against BJP corporator E Vishwas, RTO agents Mohan, Alase Raju, Laxman, Javeed, Munaf, Siraj and others at the Jayanagar police station.
He lodged the case on atrocity, obstructing the government employee from discharging his duty, insult and etc. Based on these, the police registered the case under various columns of the IPC.
About incident
Recently, Srinivasaiah took charge as the deputy transport commissioner. Later, he came to know about the menace of agents in the office and some staff have been getting their works done through some agents.
Later, he imposed restrictions on the entry of agents to the premises where employees are working. He also took initiatives to to bring efficiency in the work. It is said that the officer has also took an agent who was working for an employee to task.
The employees informed these developments to the agents who were angry about the decisions taken by Srinivasaiah.
On Saturday, all the agents led by BJP corporator E Vishwas, who is also working as an RTO agent, barged into the office of Srinivasaiah, insulted him and his officers in discriminatory and even threatened them after showing the slipper at him. This incident was recorded in the CCTV cameras.
Apart from this, some people have recorded it in their mobile phones and posted in social media. When the incident got attention in the social media, RTO officers lodged complaint, sources said.
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Madhu Kishwar booked over alleged misleading content on social media
Chandigarh (PTI): Academician Madhu Kishwar has been booked on charges of criminal defamation, promoting enmity and other offences by Chandigarh police following a complaint by a resident alleging circulation of forged and misleading content on social media.
A Chandigarh police team on Tuesday served notice to Kishwar in Delhi, asking her to join the investigation in the case.
Sarita Roy, the Station House Officer of Sector-19 police station in Chandigarh, where the FIR was filed, told reporters in the national capital that the notice was issued under Section 35(3) of the BNSS and that Kishwar has been asked to appear and present her side.
Kishwar and some other social media users have been booked under various sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including 196 (criminalises acts that promote enmity, hatred, or ill-will between groups based on religion, race, language), 336 (1) (forgery) and 356 (criminal defamation), and the IT Act, according to the FIR.
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They have also been charged under Section 353 (penalises making, publishing, or circulating false information that cause public mischief...) and those related to cheating and forgery under the BNS.
According to a statement by the Chandigarh police, a city-based complainant on April 19 alleged that some forged and misleading social media posts and video clips with obscene text and content were being circulated by various social media users, misidentifying the person in the video.
The complainant alleged that it is a deliberate act of creating a false electronic record using obscene words and phrases, having knowledge and sufficient reason to believe that the posts are misleading and false, with the intent to cause damage or injury.
The video, which circulated with the intent to cause harm to the reputation of a constitutional authority and to disturb public peace and tranquillity, should be investigated, and appropriate action should be taken, the complainant said.
The complainant said the person seen in the video is a travel vlogger whose wife regularly posts updates about their activities on social media. The original video was shared from her social media account.
"As per the statement of the woman, she disclosed that the person in the video shared from her account is her husband. Statements of her husband and another lady in the video have also been recorded during preliminary investigation," said the police statement, adding that further probe is underway.
Meanwhile, Kishwar, in a social media post, said that a Chandigarh police team had visited her late Monday night to serve her notice regarding the FIR registered against her.
"Since the law forbids the police to visit or arrest women after dark and before sunrise, I spoke on phone to the leader of the delegation. She told me that their team has come to serve notice regarding an FIR registered against me in Chandigarh. I insisted that they go by the law and come in the morning," she wrote on X.
