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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Trained special forces deployed to safeguard major installations in Karnataka: HM G Parameshwara
Bengaluru, May 8 (PTI): The Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said well trained special forces are deployed to safeguard major installations in the state, in the wake of rising tensions between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor.
He said, Superintendents of Police (SPs) in all districts have been sensitised, and they were given strict instructions on taking necessary precautionary measures.
Speaking to reporters here, Parameshwara said, "We have some special forces like Karnataka State Industrial Security Force. We deploy them for safeguarding major installations like in Raichur (thermal power station), Kaiga (nuclear power plant), and Krishna Raja Sagara Dam. They are all well trained and have received commando training,"
In response to a question whether the state has enough personnel in such forces, he said, "The available force was deployed. There is a requirement from them for additional strength. If we start requirement, it will take a year for training and other things, that process will go on continuously."
An advisory from the union government asked us to conduct mock drills at three places they mentioned and they have given a format for the drills too, Parameshwara said adding that they conducted a drill acordingly in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
"It will be held in various other places today, tomorrow and day after. The Centre has selected Karwar and Raichur to conduct the drills in addition to Bengaluru. We have included Mysuru in the list based on intelligent inputs and other reasons," he said.
