Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC over FIRs on ‘misleading’ tweets

Wednesday, 3 February 2021Newsdesk

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and journalist Rajdeep Sardesai on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court over the multiple FIRs filed against them over their “misleading” tweets on violence during farmers’ tractor rally in Delhi on January 26. Journalists Mrinal Pande, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath, and Anant Nath also approached the top court on Tuesday evening against the FIRs.

New Delhi, 03 February 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, FIRs have been filed in five states against Tharoor, Rajdeep, and five journalists over their tweets on the violence and death of a protester during the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day. Cases have been registered at Gurgaon, Bengaluru and Noida on Thursday. Four similar cases in different districts of Madhya Pradesh earlier.

Source -indianexpress.com