Police complaint filed against actor Prakash Raj over his post on Chandrayaan-3 mission
Bengaluru: Actor Prakash Raj has come under scrutiny as a complaint was lodged against him at a police station in Bagalkot district, Karnataka, for allegedly mocking India's Chandrayaan-3 mission in a social media post. The complaint was filed by leaders of Hindu organizations who deemed the actor's remarks inappropriate.
As per reports from news agency ANI, Prakash Raj shared a post on his X account (formerly Twitter) that allegedly ridiculed India's Chandrayaan-3, the nation's ambitious lunar exploration venture. In the post, a caricature depicted a man in a shirt and lungi pouring tea with the caption, "First view just arrived from Chandrayaan .. #VikramLander #justasking."
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The police confirmed that the complaint was lodged at Banahatti police station in Bagalkot district. The complainants, leaders of Hindu organizations, have called for appropriate action against the actor.
Since the post, Prakash Raj has faced significant backlash from individuals who argue that the Chandrayaan-3 mission holds symbolic importance for the country.
In response to the social media uproar, Prakash Raj later clarified on X that his comments were meant as a joke. He posted, "Hate sees only Hate...I was referring to a joke of #Armstrong times celebrating our Kerala Chaiwala-which Chaiwala did the Trolls see? if you don't get a joke then the joke is on you..GROW UP #justasking."
The Chandrayaan-3 mission, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is scheduled to make its lunar landing on August 23 around 18:04 IST. The live coverage of this momentous event will be available on various platforms, including the ISRO website, its YouTube channel, Facebook, and the public broadcaster DD National TV, starting from 17:27 IST on the same day.
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BharatPe fraud case: Delhi HC quashes lookout circular against Ashneer Grover, wife
New Delhi, Nov 12: The Delhi High Court has ordered cancellation of a lookout circular (LOC) issued against Ashneer Grover, the former MD of payment app BharatPe, and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover, noting that the FIR lodged against them over allegations of cheating and forgery has already been quashed.
Justice Sanjeev Narula passed the order on Monday after the court was informed that another bench of the high court quashed the FIR on the same day.
The FIR was quashed by Justice Chandra Dhari Singh after considering a plea moved by the Grovers stating that they have arrived at a settlement with the fintech company.
In his order, Justice Narula said, "Although the copy of the order (quashing the FIR) is not available as of now, the aforenoted fact is not disputed by the counsel for the parties.
"In light of the fact that the underlying FIR has been quashed, the LOC issued by respondent No. 3 (Bureau of Immigration), in the opinion of the court, will not survive."
The LOC was issued by the Bureau of Immigration at the instance of Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in view of the investigation against the Grovers in the cheating and forgery FIR.
The court was hearing a plea moved by Grover and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover seeking quashing of the LOC issued against them in connection with the investigation into the cheating and forgery case.
"Accordingly, the present petitions are disposed of with a direction to the respondents to cancel the LOC against the petitioners in their records," the court noted.
Earlier, the Grovers claimed that they were informed about the LOC for the first time when they were detained at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on November 16, 2023, while they were scheduled to travel to the US.
After being detained, they were informed that the LOC was operational from November 6, 2023.
In May last year, the EOW filed an FIR against Grover, his wife Madhuri, and others under eight sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating and dishonesty), 467 and 468 (forgery), and 471 (using forged documents as genuine) for an alleged Rs 81 crore fraud after a complaint was lodged by BhartPe, the fintech unicorn.
In its complaint, BharatPe alleged that Grover and his family caused damages to the tune of Rs 81.3 crore through illegitimate payments to bogus human resource consultants, inflated and undue payments through pass-through vendors connected to the accused, sham transactions in input tax credit and payment of penalty to GST authorities, illegal payment to travel agencies, forged invoices by Madhuri, and destruction of evidence.
Madhuri was the head of controls at BharatPe before she was fired in 2022 after a forensic audit revealed several irregularities.
Subsequently, Grover resigned as the chief executive officer of the fintech firm in March 2022.
