Congress ex-MP Renuka Chowdhury to file defamation case against PM Modi
New Delhi: Congress leader and former MP Renuka Chowdhury has said that she will file a defamation case against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged ‘Surpanakha’ comment made in Parliament in 2018.
“Let's see how fast courts will act now..” the former Union minister tweeted on Thursday.
She also posted an old clip of Modi asking the chairman of the Rajya Sabha to let Chowdhury continue laughing as ‘such laughter was heard days after the Ramayana serial on television’.
Several Twitter users, however, pointed out to the former MP that Modi had not mentioned the word ‘Surpanakha’. They also said that she could not move the court over a statement made in the Parliament.
Chowdhury’s post follows the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday by a Surat court in a 2019 defamation case for asking, “How come all thieves have the surname ‘Modi’?”
Rahul Gandhi was sentenced to two years of imprisonment, which was suspended for 30 days, before which, he would have to appeal against the order.
This classless megalonaniac referred to me as Surpanakha on the floor of the house.
— Renuka Chowdhury (@RenukaCCongress) March 23, 2023
I will file a defamation case against him. Let's see how fast courts will act now.. pic.twitter.com/6T0hLdS4YW
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
