Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 5: After the channel aired a false Rahul Gandhi video for which it later apologised, a Zee TV news presenter named Rohit Ranjan was detained by the police today from his house outside of Delhi.
A dramatic video depicted an altercation and shoving as the Chhattisgarh police attempted to detain the anchor and the Ghaziabad police intervened to take him away. When the Chhattisgarh police arrived at his residence around 5.30 am, Rohit Ranjan tweeted an SOS to the Uttar Pradesh police, alleging that the neighbourhood police were not alerted.
As long as there is a warrant, no one must be informed, the Chhattisgarh police replied. The Chhattisgarh team attempted to arrest him, but the Ghaziabad police intervened and hauled him away. He is currently being held by the UP police and is being investigated on far less serious accusations.
There is no such rule to inform. Still, now they are informed. Police team has shown you court’s warrant of arrest. You should in fact cooperate, join in investigation and put your defence in court.
— Raipur Police (@RaipurPoliceCG) July 5, 2022
Soon after Rohit Ranjan gave a statement made by Rahul Gandhi regarding an attack on his office in Wayanad, Kerala, on his show and allegedly used it as commentary on the murderers of the Udaipur tailor, cases were filed against the TV host in the states of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. However, the channel apologized later on.
