TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale was arrested after a tweet about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit after the Morbi bridge accident. Derek O’Brien tweeted that even after getting bail, Gokhale is being harassed by the Gujarat Police. He was arrested again on December 8 at 8.45 pm.
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TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale
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- New Delhi,
- 08 December 2022,
- (Updated 08 December 2022, 11:35 PM IST)
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien has accused the Gujarat Police of torturing his party’s spokesperson Saket Gokhale. O’Brien said that even after Gokhale was granted bail, the police was torturing him.
Please tell that Gokhale was arrested for a tweet about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit after the Morbi bridge accident. Derek O’Brien tweeted on Thursday that even after getting bail, TMC’s Saket Gokhale is being harassed by the Gujarat police. He was arrested again on December 8 at 8.45 pm. He was arrested when he was going from Cyber PS in Ahmedabad. He was arrested without any warrant and taken to an undisclosed location. Very condemnable act.
SHOCKER #Break
@SaketGokhale @AITCofficial being harassed by Gujarat Police even after getting bail. ARRESTED AGAIN 8.45pm Dec 8. While he was leaving Cyber PS in Ahmedabad, Police team without notice/warrant are arresting him and taking him to unknown destination. CONDEMNABLE— Derek O’Brien | Derek O’Brien (@derekobrienmp) December 8, 2022
TMC leader Saket Gokhale had tweeted about Prime Minister Modi’s visit after the suspension bridge collapse in Morbi in October, after which this action was taken against him. He was sent to police custody till December 8.
Gokhale joined TMC last year
Derek O’Brien tweeted on Thursday evening that TMC spokesperson Gokhale has got bail. TMC party is always ready to fight for good.
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Saket Gokhale is an RTI activist. He started his career as a journalist. He has been seeking information under RTI on issues related to the nation for many years. He had recently asked for information about how much budget was passed on bank loan and Pegasus. Saket Gokhale had joined TMC in August last year. He holds the post of national spokesperson in the party.
What is the allegation against Saket Gokhale?
In Morbi, Gujarat, there was a bridge accident in Morbi in October. 135 people had died in this. TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale tweeted on December 1, claiming that Rs 30 crore was spent for only a few hours for PM Modi’s visit to Morbi in Gujarat after the bridge collapsed.
Saket Gokhale, citing a report, had claimed that Rs 5.5 crore was purely for reception, event management and photography. He had said that the cost of Modi’s event management and PR is more than the lives of 135 people. Because financial assistance of Rs 4-4 lakh was given to the families of those killed in the Morbi bridge accident. However, the Gujarat BJP called this claim fake.
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