Defamation case against scribe for denting police image

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : May 28 2017 | 10:22 PM IST
The police have filed a criminal defamation case against a Latur scribe for allegedly showing the cops in a poor light after the chopper mishap involving Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Nilanga.
The report written by the scribe and published in a regional daily had said while police officials ran away after the chopper crash, fearing that it would explode, a local scrap dealer identified as Irfan Shaikh rushed to the spot shouting "Our king is trapped in the chopper" and rescued the chief minister, said the official.
Fadnavis and five others had a narrow escape after their helicopter crash landed just after taking off during his Latur tour on May 25.
The journalist, instead of appreciating the evidence in the form of videos and photographs which clearly show police running to the rescue of CM, published a report which was false and defamatory, said an official.
"We have registered a defamation case against the journalist for maligning the image of police. The case has been filed under section 500 (criminal defamation) of the IPC and our investigations are on," Deputy Superintendent of Police, Latur, G G Ranjankar told PTI.

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First Published: May 28 2017 | 10:22 PM IST