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Digital Desk: Gujarat Police arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Saket Gokhale in Jaipur early on Tuesday after a top BJP functionary filed a complaint over his tweet about the Morbi bridge collapse, according to officials.
Police said that the complaint was filed before the Ahmedabad cyber crime cell by senior BJP functionary Bhalabhai Kothari, who "was upset by Gokhale's tweet" dated December 1, in which he posted "screenshots" of purported news reports stating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Morbi in Gujarat cost Rs 30 crore. A police officer added that the FIR, in this case, was filed later that day for forgery, tweeting defamatory content, and fear-mongering offenses.
Gokhale's tweet, which cited the allegedly fake news clippings, stated, "RTI reveals that Modi’s visit to Morbi for a few hours cost Rs 30 cr. Of this, Rs 5.5. Cr was purely for "welcome, event management, & photography." 135 victims who died got Rs 4 lac ex-gratia each i.e. Rs 5 cr. Just Modi’s event management & PR costs more than life of 135 people."
"Gokhale posted on social media and tweeted, claiming a news story by Gujarat Samachar. The cited news articles are clearly fakes. It has been stated that Gujarat Samachar did not publish any such news report. Given the enormity of the tragedy and the delicate nature of the subject, there could be ramifications for law and order," the police officer said.
"Gokhale has been detained for questioning, and once he gets to Ahmedabad, we'll evaluate what needs to happen in terms of legal action. He is alleging impersonation, and if necessary, we will add sections under the IT Act," the officer added.
According to TMC MP Derek O'Brien's Twitter on Tuesday morning, Gokhale took a 9 p.m. flight from New Delhi to Jaipur on Monday, and when he landed, Gujarat police were at the airport in Rajasthan, waiting for him and picking him up.
"At 2 in the morning on Tue, he called his Ma and told her that they are taking him to Ahmedabad, and he would reach Ahmedabad by noon today. The police let him make that one two-minute phone call and then confiscated his phone and all his belongings. The cooked up case is filed with the Ahmedabad cyber cell about Saket’s tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse. All this cannot silence @AITCofficial and the opposition. BJP taking political vendetta to another level."
Gokhale has been booked under IPC sections 469 (forgery to harm reputation), 471 (using as genuine a forged document/electronic record), 501 (printing defamatory matter), and 505(b)( statements conducing to public mischief).
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