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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Dharmasthala case: SIT senior officer Anucheth granted leave to travel to US amid investigation
Bengaluru: Amid the investigation of the Dharmasthala mass burial case, senior officer of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) MN Anucheth, has reportedly traveled to the United States to participate in the Intelligent Transportation Society of America World Congress 2025.
As per a report in the Deccan Herald, the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), in a letter dated August 1, granted leave to Anucheth, who is currently Deputy Inspector General of Police (Recruitment), to attend the event from August 19 to 31.
Also, sources in the Home Department have said that, while the SIT was formed on July 19, the senior officer had written to the DPAR on July 16, seeking permission to attend the event in the US.
The SIT is probing the allegations made by a former sanitation worker that several corpses were buried in multiple sites in Dharmasthala, the popular religious centre in Dakshina Kannada. The worker, who had earlier filed a complaint in the matter and was taken to the sites as witness has been arrested under charge of perjury and is in SIT custody.
