BENGALURU: In a relief to BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya and television journalist Arnab Goswami, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday stayed FIRs registered against them based on complaints filed by the Indian Youth Congress for allegedly defaming the Congress and LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.
A vacation bench of Justice S Rachaiah passed the interim order, staying the FIRs registered against them. Both the accused moved the high court, questioning the legality of the FIRs registered by High Grounds police on complaints filed by BN Shrikanth Swaroop, head of the legal cell of the Indian Youth Congress in the city.
The complainant alleged that the TV channel run by Arnab, while making allegations that the Congress has an office in Turkiye, which is supporting Pakistan against India, displayed an image of the Istanbul Congress Centre, claiming it to be the office of the Indian National Congress. The channel later clarified that an incorrect image had been displayed.
The complainant also alleged that Malviya had posted the TV report on the Turkiye Congress office on social media, in addition to defaming Rahul with adverse remarks and posting an image of a conjoined face — half Rahul and half Pakistan Army chief Asif Munir.
