The Gujarat Police have detained Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s nationwide spokesperson Saket Gokhale over a tweet about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Morbi following the bridge collapse that left 135 folks useless there in October, folks conscious of the matter stated on Tuesday.
The folks cited the criticism of an Ahmedabad resident within the case and stated it stated Gokhale allegedly shared what regarded like a information clipping a few response underneath the Proper to Info Act (RTI) claiming ₹30 crore was spent on the go to.
The Press Info Bureau fact-checked the declare on December 1 and referred to as it pretend. “No such RTI response has been given.”
A police officer, who spoke on situation of anonymity, stated Gokhale was picked up from Rajasthan’s Udaipur and was being dropped at Ahmedabad for the probe.
TMC chief Derek O’Brien stated Gokhale took a Monday evening flight from New Delhi earlier than he was picked up from Rajasthan. “At 2 within the morning on Tuesday, he referred to as his Ma [mother] and instructed 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,” O’Brien stated in a tweet.
O’Brien accused Ahmedabad’s cyber cell of cooking up a case towards Gokhale.
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