Bhubaneswar: The Women’s Police Station in Bhubaneswar on Friday detained Sudhanshu Raut, editor of a news portal, for publishing “derogatory and obscene material” against the renowned sprinter. Dutee Chandy among the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics.
The development comes a day after the Supreme Court expressed serious concern over web portals Youtube channel For spreading fake news in the absence of regulatory mechanism.
“We have taken Raut into custody for questioning after registering a case against him. Dutee filed a complaint that the website’s editor Raut and his reporter Smriti Ranjan Behera spread false and defamatory news against her. In her complaint, she has a Also accused the social worker, whose name is. Pradip Pradhan For spreading false information against him,” Bhubaneshwar Deputy Commissioner of Police Uma Shankar Das told TOI.
Dutee said that the police should arrest the accused. Dutee said, Raut’s defamatory news and social activist Pradeep Pradhan’s false allegations against me on social media have put me under deep stress and adversely affected my performance in the Olympics.
In her complaint, Dutee alleged that Raut accused her of doing “objectionable acts” instead of focusing on her Olympic performance. She alleged that Raut had demanded extortion from her for not publishing the news. Pradhan had reportedly made a social media post that Dutee was wasting money from the government’s coffers in Tokyo.
“I represented the country in the Tokyo Olympics. My false and obscene portrayals on news websites and social media have tarnished my image. I have also filed a defamation suit against the editor of the news portal,” Dutee said.
Raut and Pradhan were not immediately available for comment. Police said Pradhan would be questioned as his name was there in the FIR. Case against him under Sections 292(2) – Spread of obscene material-, 354-A (sexual harassment), 385 (putting person fearing injury to extort), 506 (criminal intimidation), 509 (words) Has been recorded. or with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and section 6 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
Several journalists of several dubious media organizations have been arrested in Odisha in recent days. The Nandankanan police here on August 27 arrested a woman journalist of a web channel and four others on charges of kidnapping and extortion. On July 15, the Malkangiri police arrested five people, including a journalist, for allegedly robbing a government official of Rs 8 lakh in Maithili block. October 26 last year. On February 16 this year, the Nayapalli police arrested Sunil Samantarai, who identified himself as a journalist and owner of a web channel, for cheating him of Rs 20 lakh on the pretext of getting MBBS seat in a government medical college.
The development comes a day after the Supreme Court expressed serious concern over web portals Youtube channel For spreading fake news in the absence of regulatory mechanism.
“We have taken Raut into custody for questioning after registering a case against him. Dutee filed a complaint that the website’s editor Raut and his reporter Smriti Ranjan Behera spread false and defamatory news against her. In her complaint, she has a Also accused the social worker, whose name is. Pradip Pradhan For spreading false information against him,” Bhubaneshwar Deputy Commissioner of Police Uma Shankar Das told TOI.
Dutee said that the police should arrest the accused. Dutee said, Raut’s defamatory news and social activist Pradeep Pradhan’s false allegations against me on social media have put me under deep stress and adversely affected my performance in the Olympics.
In her complaint, Dutee alleged that Raut accused her of doing “objectionable acts” instead of focusing on her Olympic performance. She alleged that Raut had demanded extortion from her for not publishing the news. Pradhan had reportedly made a social media post that Dutee was wasting money from the government’s coffers in Tokyo.
“I represented the country in the Tokyo Olympics. My false and obscene portrayals on news websites and social media have tarnished my image. I have also filed a defamation suit against the editor of the news portal,” Dutee said.
Raut and Pradhan were not immediately available for comment. Police said Pradhan would be questioned as his name was there in the FIR. Case against him under Sections 292(2) – Spread of obscene material-, 354-A (sexual harassment), 385 (putting person fearing injury to extort), 506 (criminal intimidation), 509 (words) Has been recorded. or with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and section 6 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
Several journalists of several dubious media organizations have been arrested in Odisha in recent days. The Nandankanan police here on August 27 arrested a woman journalist of a web channel and four others on charges of kidnapping and extortion. On July 15, the Malkangiri police arrested five people, including a journalist, for allegedly robbing a government official of Rs 8 lakh in Maithili block. October 26 last year. On February 16 this year, the Nayapalli police arrested Sunil Samantarai, who identified himself as a journalist and owner of a web channel, for cheating him of Rs 20 lakh on the pretext of getting MBBS seat in a government medical college.
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