Bangladeshi Journalist, Jaipur Dialogue Staff Booked Over Fake News On Sonia, Rahul Gandhi
The High Grounds police station in Bengaluru has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, an editor of a Bangladeshi news portal, and an Indian media house staff, Aditi, a staff of Jaipur dialogues, on a complaint filed by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) member Srinivas G.
As a journalist on the right-wing platform Jaipur Dialogue, Aditi shared the claims made by the Bangladeshi journalist, allegedly spreading fake news against Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi with the intent of maligning their public image.
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The complainant said that Choudhury wrote in his X account that Sonia Gandhi was an agent of Pakistan ISI. He also underscored that the journalist, with the intention of creating enmity between two religions, claimed that Sonia Gandhi still followed Christianity despite having an inter-religious marriage and acquiring Indian citizenship.
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Moreover, the complainant also informed the police that Choudhury also peddled fake news about Rahul Gandhi, alleging that the Congress leader had sexually assaulted a woman.
However, the High Grounds police have registered the FIR under sections 196 (promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc. and doing acts prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony) and 353 (2) (publishing or circulating false information to create hatred on the basis of religion, etc.) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
