Rhea Chakraborty was attacked by the media last month.
Mumbai / New Delhi:
Mumbai police today warned the media against “pursuing celebrities and others” and “endangering lives” minutes after the Bombay High Court granted actor Rhea Chakraborty bail. The 28-year-old actress will be released from jail, nearly a month after she was arrested in a drug case linked to investigations into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
“You cannot chase the vehicle of any celebrity, advocate or person you wish to interview. You cannot endanger your life, that person’s life, or normal people walking on the roads. It is an offense. We will take severe measures, not only against the driver, but against the person who instigates, instructing him to carry out such a pursuit, “Sangram Singh Nishandar, deputy commissioner of the Mumbai police, told reporters.
Last month, Rhea Chakraborty was harassed by a horde of mediators in Mumbai before and after she was interrogated by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for more than six hours on the drug case, three days before she was incarcerated ( September 9).
Look | “You may not go after any defender or any person you wish to interview. Mumbai Police will take strict action against such people” – Sangram Singh Nishandar, Deputy Commissioner of Mumbai Police to the media outside Mumbai High Court pic.twitter.com/8cqxuXpbKg
– NDTV (@ndtv) October 7, 2020
Shocking footage showed Ms. Chakraborty, wearing a mask, struggling to push her way through the crowd to enter the investigative agency’s office amid massive security. Many in the crowd were seen violating government-mandated social distancing rules, which are in place to control the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus, even as Mumbai remains one of the hardest hit cities across the country amid the pandemic. .
“Is there a work ethic for the media?” The head of the National Commission for Women, Rekha Sharma, tweeted at the time. Many Bollywood celebrities also responded to the images, calling it a “witch hunt.” India … witness the lowest! Shameful witch hunt! Disgusting, “Swara Bhasker tweeted.
Tapsee Pannu wrote on Twitter: “In the name of justice, these people have lynched a human being of his right to live even before his guilt is proven. I sincerely pray that karma finds the direction of each and every one of human beings as part of this lowest point of humanity are witnesses. “
Later, photos and videos showed actors Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan being hunted down as the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) expanded its drug investigation and called them in for questioning.
The high-ranking Mumbai policeman had also warned the media at the time. “We have observed many media vehicles chasing people who were summoned for the investigation. The vehicles will be seized because they endanger their lives, as well as the lives of those who were called and ordinary people,” Nishandar told the ANI news agency in the hour.
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