Will file Rs 3 cr defamation lawsuit against those spreading false news about me: Ravi Channannavar
Bengaluru: IPS officer Ravi Channannavar issued clarifications concerning the accusations of corruption made against him and said that all the allegations were falsely made against him out of ill-intentions. I have filed a Rs 3 crores defamation lawsuit in the courts in this regard, he said.
“Recently, it has come to my attention that some individuals have been indulging in slandering me and my family with baseless accusations in social media sites. They are all fabrications stemming from ill-intentions”, he informed through his statements.
“The accusations about properties mentioned in social media sites which are in my father and mother’s name are not true. These assets have been inherited, acquired by lawful means. Details about these assets were provided to the Income Tax Department during the same years. However, by saying that I have earned these assets through corrupt means, lies are being propagated against me to defame me on social media sites. Since I am an all India employee, according to the terms of my service, I have not responded to any of this on social media and instead, undertaken the following legal actions”, he said.
1.I have already sent a legal notice through lawyers in a lawful manner. I have not received any response to this.
2.Regarding this, I have filed a 3 crores defamation lawsuit in the respective courts.
3.I will be approaching the respective courts to file a criminal defamation case seeking 2 years of jail term against those indulging in defaming me.
I have complete faith in the judiciary of our country. Until the courts declare their judgments, I request all my dear ones to not believe the false news”, Ravi Channanavar has informed in his statements.
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Catholic Bishops' body slams Bhagwat's remarks
New Delhi: The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India on Thursday slammed RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for his reported remark that Pranab Mukherjee, when he was President, had said tribals would turn "anti-national" if there is no "ghar wapsi"Catholic Bishops.'
In a statement issued here, CBCI, a body of Catholic Bishops, referred to reports which said Bhagwat, at an event on Monday, claimed that Mukherjee, while he was President had appreciated ghar wapsi and told him that had it not been for the Sangh's work on reconversion, a section of Adivasis would have turned "anti-national".The CBCI called the report "shocking".
"Fabricated personal conversation being attributed to a former president of India and its posthumous publication with the vested interest of an organization with questionable credibility raises a grave issue of national importance," the CBCI claimed.
"Is it not the violent ghar wapsi program of VHP and other similar organizations, curtailing the exercise of freedom of conscience of economically deprived tribals, the real anti-national activity?" it asked.
'Ghar wapsi' is a term used by the RSS and affiliated organisations to refer to reconversion of Muslims and Christians to Hinduism, based on the belief that they were originally Hindus before converting to other religions.
The CBCI also questioned why Bhagwat did not speak about it while Mukherjee was alive.
"We, the 2.3 percent of Indian citizens who are Christians feel extremely hurt by such manipulated and motivated propaganda unleashed," it said.
In a post on X following the statement issued by CBCI, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien said, "Speak up. This is a start!"
"Bishops body have issued a statement condemning remarks made by Dr Mohan Bhagwat and RSS for defaming the Christian community," he said.
O'Brien added that they should ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi more questions, including why Christmas Day has been turned into "Good Governance Day".
The TMC leader, in a blogpost earlier this month, had said "hard questions" must be asked to the government with regards to the Christian community, including why the FCRA has been 'weaponised', and why has Manipur been 'ignored'.
