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  • SC grants bail to TMC’s Saket Gokhale in crowdfunding ‘misuse’ case

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale in a case related to the alleged misuse of money collected through crowdfunding.

    A bench comprising Justices B R Gavai and Vikram Nath, whereas granting support to the chief, well-known {{that a}} value sheet has already been filed inside the case.

    Gokhale was arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch from Delhi on December 30, 2022.

    He goes by prices beneath sections 420 (dishonest), 406 (authorized breach of perception) and 467 (forgery) of the IPC.

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale in a case related to the alleged misuse of money collected through crowdfunding.

    A bench comprising Justices B R Gavai and Vikram Nath, whereas granting support to the chief, well-known {{that a}} value sheet has already been filed inside the case.

    Gokhale was arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch from Delhi on December 30, 2022.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    He goes by prices beneath sections 420 (dishonest), 406 (authorized breach of perception) and 467 (forgery) of the IPC.

  • ED questions Rahul Gandhi’s aide in PMLA case in opposition to TMC functionary

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has questioned and recorded the assertion of Alankar Sawai, a detailed aide of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, in a cash laundering case wherein TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale was not too long ago arrested by the company in Gujarat, officers mentioned.

    Sawai was questioned and in addition confronted with Gokhale in Ahmedabad over three days earlier this week, they mentioned.

    A former banker, Sawai is taken into account to be a detailed aide of Gandhi, a former Congress president, and is said to be heading his analysis group.

    The federal probe company summoned Sawai after it arrested 35-year-old Gokhale on January 25 whereas he was within the Gujarat Police’s custody in reference to alleged monetary irregularities in elevating funds via a crowdfunding platform.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED), whereas looking for Gokhale’s remand on that day, had knowledgeable an Ahmedabad courtroom that when he was requested about Rs 23.54 lakh deposited in his checking account in money over a 12 months, Gokhale had informed the company that “this amount was given in cash by Alankar Sawai of the India National Congress for social media work and another consultancy”.

    On being requested as to why Sawai had paid him in money, Gokhale said that solely Sawai can reply this query, the ED informed the courtroom in its remand paper.

    “Further, on being asked regarding any written agreement with Alankar Sawai in respect of social media work he stated that it was only verbal agreement with Alankar Sawai,” the company mentioned.

    The ED alleged that these money deposits had been recieved by Gokhale when he was a member of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

    Sawai is known to have been questioned about these situations and his assertion was recorded beneath the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

    Official sources mentioned the questioning and confronting of the 2 has not helped them unearth the fund path as said by Gokhale whilst Sawai purportedly denied making any money funds.

    The cash laundering case in opposition to Gokhale stems from a Gujarat Police FIR.

    The state police arrested Gokhale from Delhi in December final 12 months in a case of alleged misuse of cash he had collected via crowd-funding.

    The ED had knowledgeable the Ahmedabad courtroom {that a} “huge amount of money collected through crowdfunding (by Gokhale) has been splurged on speculative share trading, wining and dining and other personal expenses which appear to be extravagant in nature.”

    Gokhale, nonetheless, had denied that he misused these funds. The company could query extra folks linked within the case.

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has questioned and recorded the assertion of Alankar Sawai, a detailed aide of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, in a cash laundering case wherein TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale was not too long ago arrested by the company in Gujarat, officers mentioned.

    Sawai was questioned and in addition confronted with Gokhale in Ahmedabad over three days earlier this week, they mentioned.

    A former banker, Sawai is taken into account to be a detailed aide of Gandhi, a former Congress president, and is said to be heading his analysis group.

    The federal probe company summoned Sawai after it arrested 35-year-old Gokhale on January 25 whereas he was within the Gujarat Police’s custody in reference to alleged monetary irregularities in elevating funds via a crowdfunding platform.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED), whereas looking for Gokhale’s remand on that day, had knowledgeable an Ahmedabad courtroom that when he was requested about Rs 23.54 lakh deposited in his checking account in money over a 12 months, Gokhale had informed the company that “this amount was given in cash by Alankar Sawai of the India National Congress for social media work and another consultancy”.

    On being requested as to why Sawai had paid him in money, Gokhale said that solely Sawai can reply this query, the ED informed the courtroom in its remand paper.

    “Further, on being asked regarding any written agreement with Alankar Sawai in respect of social media work he stated that it was only verbal agreement with Alankar Sawai,” the company mentioned.

    The ED alleged that these money deposits had been recieved by Gokhale when he was a member of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

    Sawai is known to have been questioned about these situations and his assertion was recorded beneath the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

    Official sources mentioned the questioning and confronting of the 2 has not helped them unearth the fund path as said by Gokhale whilst Sawai purportedly denied making any money funds.

    The cash laundering case in opposition to Gokhale stems from a Gujarat Police FIR.

    The state police arrested Gokhale from Delhi in December final 12 months in a case of alleged misuse of cash he had collected via crowd-funding.

    The ED had knowledgeable the Ahmedabad courtroom {that a} “huge amount of money collected through crowdfunding (by Gokhale) has been splurged on speculative share trading, wining and dining and other personal expenses which appear to be extravagant in nature.”

    Gokhale, nonetheless, had denied that he misused these funds. The company could query extra folks linked within the case.

  • TMC’s Saket Gokhale arrested once more, accused of misuse of crowdfunded cash

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale was arrested by Gujarat police from Delhi late Thursday night in a case of alleged misuse of cash he had collected by means of crowdfunding, mentioned a senior official right here.

    Gokhale was arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch and was being introduced right here for additional authorized course of, mentioned the senior police official, including that they might arrive by Friday afternoon.He was first arrested by the Cyber Crime Branch on December 6 for allegedly spreading pretend information relating to the price incurred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Morbi city following a bridge collapse tragedy.

    On December 1, Gokhale had shared a information clipping about data purportedly obtained by means of the Right to Information claiming that Modi’s go to to Morbi after the bridge collapse price Rs 30 crore.

    Soon after he obtained bail from a courtroom right here, the TMC chief was once more arrested on December 8 by the Morbi police for a similar offence registered there. He was granted bail the following day.

    AHMEDABAD: Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale was arrested by Gujarat police from Delhi late Thursday night in a case of alleged misuse of cash he had collected by means of crowdfunding, mentioned a senior official right here.

    Gokhale was arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch and was being introduced right here for additional authorized course of, mentioned the senior police official, including that they might arrive by Friday afternoon.He was first arrested by the Cyber Crime Branch on December 6 for allegedly spreading pretend information relating to the price incurred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Morbi city following a bridge collapse tragedy.

    On December 1, Gokhale had shared a information clipping about data purportedly obtained by means of the Right to Information claiming that Modi’s go to to Morbi after the bridge collapse price Rs 30 crore.

    Soon after he obtained bail from a courtroom right here, the TMC chief was once more arrested on December 8 by the Morbi police for a similar offence registered there. He was granted bail the following day.

  • TMC delegation meets CEC over ‘harassment’ of Saket Gokhale

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A five-member TMC parliamentary delegation met the chief election commissioner on Monday and registered their protest in opposition to the arrest of occasion spokesperson Saket Gokhale by the Gujarat Police.

    “The delegation met the CEC over the harassment and torture of our national spokesperson. We told him that he was arrested once in Ahmedabad and a case was also lodged against him in Morbi while the model code of conduct was in force. We also said that he has been wrongly charged under Section 125 (of the Representation of the People Act) which is not attracted by what he tweeted. So, this is a case of harassment,” stated TMC MP Saugata Ray after the assembly.

    He requested why the part was not raised when Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma reportedly “preached and fanned communalism and hatred towards religious minorities while campaigning in the recently held assembly election in Gujarat” or in opposition to Paresh Rawal, former MP of the BJP, who “preached hatred against the Bengali community while campaigning in the run-up of Gujarat assembly election”.

    Gokhale had on December 1 tweeted a information clipping about info purportedly obtained via a Right to Information software, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Morbi after the bridge collapse price Rs 30 crore.

    Soon after, the Press Information Bureau tweeted a ‘truth verify’, saying the knowledge was faux.

    An FIR was registered in opposition to Gokhale on costs of forgery and printing defamatory content material, and he was subsequently arrested twice.

    The TMC delegation which met the CEC additionally included Derek O’Brien, Kalyan Banerjee, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Mausam Noor.

    “We have strongly registered our protect against this and the CEC promised us he will ask for a report and take necessary action,” Saugata Ray stated.

    NEW DELHI: A five-member TMC parliamentary delegation met the chief election commissioner on Monday and registered their protest in opposition to the arrest of occasion spokesperson Saket Gokhale by the Gujarat Police.

    “The delegation met the CEC over the harassment and torture of our national spokesperson. We told him that he was arrested once in Ahmedabad and a case was also lodged against him in Morbi while the model code of conduct was in force. We also said that he has been wrongly charged under Section 125 (of the Representation of the People Act) which is not attracted by what he tweeted. So, this is a case of harassment,” stated TMC MP Saugata Ray after the assembly.

    He requested why the part was not raised when Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma reportedly “preached and fanned communalism and hatred towards religious minorities while campaigning in the recently held assembly election in Gujarat” or in opposition to Paresh Rawal, former MP of the BJP, who “preached hatred against the Bengali community while campaigning in the run-up of Gujarat assembly election”.

    Gokhale had on December 1 tweeted a information clipping about info purportedly obtained via a Right to Information software, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Morbi after the bridge collapse price Rs 30 crore.

    Soon after, the Press Information Bureau tweeted a ‘truth verify’, saying the knowledge was faux.

    An FIR was registered in opposition to Gokhale on costs of forgery and printing defamatory content material, and he was subsequently arrested twice.

    The TMC delegation which met the CEC additionally included Derek O’Brien, Kalyan Banerjee, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Mausam Noor.

    “We have strongly registered our protect against this and the CEC promised us he will ask for a report and take necessary action,” Saugata Ray stated.

  • Gujarat Police arrest TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale from airport in Rajasthan, claims social gathering; ‘no information’, says cop

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday claimed that the Gujarat Police has arrested its spokesperson Saket Gokhale, terming it a “political vendetta”.

    In a tweet, TMC nationwide spokesperson and Rajya Dabha MP Derek O’Brien detailed the circumstances beneath which the arrest was made.

    Gokhale took a flight at 9 pm from New Delhi to Jaipur on Monday. When he landed, the Gujarat Police was on the airport in Rajasthan ready for him and picked him up.

    At 2 am on Tuesday, Gokhale referred to as his mom and advised her that the police have been taking him to Ahmedabad and he would attain that metropolis by midday, O’Brien claimed.

    “The police let him make that two-minute phone call and then confiscated his phone and all his belongings,” the TMC chief stated on Twitter.

    At 2 within the morning on Tue, he referred to as his Ma and advised her that they’re taking him to Ahmedabad and he would attain Ahmedabad by midday at present. The police let him make that one two-minute cellphone name after which confiscated his cellphone and all his belongings. 2/3

    — Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) December 6, 2022

    “The cooked up case is filed with the Ahmedabad cyber cell about Saket’s tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse. All this cannot silence the All India Trinamool Congress and the Opposition. BJP taking political vendetta to another level,” he alleged.

    When contacted, Jaipur airport police station SHO Digpal Singh stated he had no such info.

    “I have no information. Nobody informed us,” he stated.

    NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday claimed that the Gujarat Police has arrested its spokesperson Saket Gokhale, terming it a “political vendetta”.

    In a tweet, TMC nationwide spokesperson and Rajya Dabha MP Derek O’Brien detailed the circumstances beneath which the arrest was made.

    Gokhale took a flight at 9 pm from New Delhi to Jaipur on Monday. When he landed, the Gujarat Police was on the airport in Rajasthan ready for him and picked him up.

    At 2 am on Tuesday, Gokhale referred to as his mom and advised her that the police have been taking him to Ahmedabad and he would attain that metropolis by midday, O’Brien claimed.

    “The police let him make that two-minute phone call and then confiscated his phone and all his belongings,” the TMC chief stated on Twitter.

    At 2 within the morning on Tue, he referred to as his Ma and advised her that they’re taking him to Ahmedabad and he would attain Ahmedabad by midday at present. The police let him make that one two-minute cellphone name after which confiscated his cellphone and all his belongings. 2/3
    — Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) December 6, 2022
    “The cooked up case is filed with the Ahmedabad cyber cell about Saket’s tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse. All this cannot silence the All India Trinamool Congress and the Opposition. BJP taking political vendetta to another level,” he alleged.

    When contacted, Jaipur airport police station SHO Digpal Singh stated he had no such info.

    “I have no information. Nobody informed us,” he stated.

  • HC questions activist Gokhale for tweeting in opposition to Lakshmi Puri with out verifying information

    New Delhi, Jul 8 (PTI) The Delhi High Court Thursday questioned activist Saket Gokhale for placing out alleged defamatory tweets in opposition to former Assistant Secretary-General on the United Nations Lakshmi Puri, with out verifying the information from her or approaching any authorities authority.
    Gokhale, in his tweets On June 13 and 26 made reference to sure property bought by Puri in Switzerland and likewise referred to her husband Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
    Observing that proper to popularity is recognised as a elementary proper, the excessive courtroom requested Gokhale, additionally a contract journalist, as to how he can vilify individuals, notably when the tweets put out by him had been prima facie incorrect.
    The courtroom was listening to a defamation swimsuit filed by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri searching for Rs 5 crore damages from Gokhale and likewise a course in opposition to him to take down or delete the tweets, whereby false and factually incorrect, per-se defamatory, slanderous and libellous statements / imputations have been made by him in opposition to her and her household.

    “Show me before you put out tweets, you sought to clarify these facts from the plaintiff,” Justice C Hari Shankar requested Gokhale’s counsel who responded in adverse whereas including that there was no such requirement below the regulation and that he had tagged the finance minister in one of many tweets itself.
    “So according to your understanding of the law, any Tom, Dick and Harry can write anything against anyone on Internet irrespective of the fact that it destroys and damages the reputation of a person,” the decide stated and reserved its order on the swimsuit for July 13.
    “You tell me what exercise you have carried out with public authorities before putting out the tweets on social media,” the decide requested.
    The courtroom stated earlier than placing out something in public, one has to train due diligence and requested whether or not Gokhale was able to take down the tweets?
    To this, his counsel Sarim Naved responded in adverse.
    During the arguments, senior advocate Maninder Singh, representing Puri, contended that the tweets had been defamatory, malicious and primarily based on false data and that Gokhale was no person to place inquiries to her.
    “It is a case of ex-facie per se defamation. If I may use a Hindi phrase,” ‘Ulta chor kotwal ko dante’. When I despatched him a authorized discover, he stated he was being harassed,” the counsel argued.
    He stated Puri doesn’t maintain any public workplace for these particulars to be put in public area and if he was placing her identify in public, he ought to have the minimal civility to ask her earlier than he publishes this which was intentionally ignored.

    “I have made out a prima facie case and the balance of convenience is in my favour. There is conclusive evidence of defamation and harassment having taken place. People who have served the country with utmost integrity are being accused by people who are nothing. These materials which destroy the honour and integrity of a person shall not be allowed to stay,” Singh argued.
    Naved stated as a citizen, Gokhale has the appropriate to enter the belongings of public functionaries.
    He additionally stated Puri’s husband is a union minister and that belongings of such individuals together with partner must be in public area however on this case, the cash acquired from their daughter isn’t in public area.