YouTuber confronts UP minister with questions, booked for disturbing peace
Sambhal (UP), Mar 15: A YouTuber was booked and taken into custody here after being accused of creating a ruckus during a state minister's visit to his village, where he had questioned her on pending development projects.
Sanjay Rana, who is associated with YouTube channel "Moradabad Ujjala", was booked after a video of the event surfaced online and a local BJP youth wing leader filed a complaint.
The YouTube journalist had confronted Minister of State for Secondary Education Gulab Devi, who is also the local MLA, when she visited Budh Nagar Khandua village in Sambhal district on Saturday for laying the foundation stone for a check dam.
Superintendent of Police Chakresh Misra said Rana was taken into preventive detention and released later on bail granted by the sub divisional magistrate.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav targeted the ruling BJP over the incident, linking it with its criticism of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks in Britain on democracy in India.
"This is the picture of democracy and freedom of expression under the BJP government," he tweeted, tagging a purported clip of Rana with a policeman who had tied his hand with a piece of rope.
In a video online, the YouTuber is heard telling the minister that during her last visit she had said she is adopting the village. She had taken an oath in the temple to get the village's work done, and sought help in getting herself elected, Rana had said.
"You had talked about getting the temple road paved but it's still a rough road. What do you have to say about this?" he is heard asking. The minister then assures that she will get all those things done.
On Sunday, a day after the minister's visit, a case was filed at Chandausi police station on the basis of local BJP youth wing leader Shubham Raghav's complaint.
Raghav alleged that the "fake journalist" who carried a YouTube channel identity card and a microphone disrupted government work and used abusive and threatening language.
The SP said the allegations in the FIR are being probed.
Additional SP Shrish Chandra said Rana was booked for breach of peace
On Twitter, Akhilesh Yadav said, "The BJP which created a hue and cry over a statement on foreign soil on the state of democracy in India should also see the condition of a journalist in Uttar Pradesh Sambhal, taken into custody for questioning a BJP minister on development work."
"This is the picture of democracy and freedom of expression under the BJP government," he added.
यूपी के संभल में पत्रकार संजय राणा ने मंत्री गुलाब देवी से तीखे सवाल पूछे, जवाब में पहले FIR फिर गिरफ्तारी हो गई.
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जिस किसी को श्री राहुल गांधी के लोकतंत्र के कमज़ोर होने वाले वक्तव्य पर आपत्ति है - पढ़िए यह खबरpic.twitter.com/jsnkH6zWle
विदेशी धरती पर भारत में लोकतंत्र की स्थिति पर बयान देने पर बवाल मचाने वाली भाजपा उप्र के संभल में इस पत्रकार की हालत भी देख ले, जिसे विकास कार्यों पर भाजपाई मंत्री से पूछे गए सवाल के कारण हिरासत में ले लिया गया है।
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) March 14, 2023
ये है भाजपा सरकार में लोकतंत्र व अभिव्यक्ति की आज़ादी की तस्वीर। pic.twitter.com/smhanrvILb
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Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna suspended from JDS amid sex scandal allegations
Hassan: Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna has been suspended from the Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S) following a controversy surrounding explicit videos allegedly depicting him engaging in sexual misconduct with multiple women. Prajwal Revanna, who represents Karnataka's Hassan constituency, has also been served a show cause notice by the party.
The scandal erupted when numerous explicit videos, purportedly involving Prajwal Revanna, surfaced on social media shortly after his constituency went to polls. The videos, allegedly filmed by Prajwal Revanna himself, were widely circulated within the Hassan constituency.
Adding fuel to the fire, a woman has filed a police complaint accusing Prajwal Revanna of sexually assaulting her multiple times between 2019 and 2022. She further alleged that Prajwal Revanna's father, HD Revanna, also engaged in sexual misconduct with her during a period when his wife was not at home.
Prajwal Revanna has vehemently denied these accusations, claiming that the circulated videos are fabricated. Despite his denial, he abruptly left for Germany soon after the videos surfaced online.
In response to mounting pressure, the Karnataka government has formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the obscene videos case. This decision came following a recommendation by the state women's commission.
Meanwhile, BJP Leader Devaraje Gowda has claimed to possess evidence, including a pen drive containing explicit videos, allegedly implicating the HD Deve Gowda family, including Prajwal Revanna, in illicit activities.
