Free speech in this country is a joke: Senior Journalist Nilanjana Roy
New Delhi: Indian Journalist, literary critic, and author Nilanjana Roy on Thursday said free speech in India has become a joke, amidst the debate over the fundamental rights of the citizens being seized in the current regime.
Taking to her Twitter account, Nilanjana wrote, “So I have a joke to share in honour of comedians and cartoonists who've been under pressure, in jail or facing cases lately.”
She further added “Free speech in this country." That's it. That's the joke.”
The tweet came hours after the Madhya Pradesh High Court rejected the bail plea of comedian Munawar Faruqi who was arrested on January 2 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by making comments and comic jokes on Hindu deities and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
So I have a joke to share in honour of comedians and cartoonists who've been under pressure, in jail or facing cases lately.
— Nilanjana Roy (@nilanjanaroy) January 28, 2021
"Free speech in this country."
That's it. That's the joke. ??
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
