VARANASI: The Airport Authority of India (AAI), Varanasi, has lodged an FIR against Congress chief and former UP minister Ajay Rai for ‘rumour-mongering’ and defamation after he allegedly claimed in a social media put up that celebration MP Rahul Gandhi’s flight was not allowed to land on the metropolis’s Lal Bahadur Shastri Worldwide Airport by the authority below the state administration’s strain.
Appearing on the criticism of airport appearing director Ajay Kumar Pathak, the Phoolpur police lodged the FIR against Rai, the Prayagraj provincial unit president of the celebration, below Sections 505(2) (making any assertion containing hearsay or alarming information with intent to create or promote enmity, hatred), 500 (defamation) and 501 (engraving matter identified to be defamatory) of IPC on the evening of February 16.
The FIR says that at 11.38 pm on February 13, Rai tweeted a video blaming that AAI Varanasi didn’t enable a flight carrying Rahul to land on the LBSI airport. Rai additional stated that because of air visitors congestion, strain from the state administration and in addition as a result of motion of the President, Rahul’s flight was not allowed to land.
“The very fact of the matter is that although plane operator AR Airways had filed a request to permit touchdown of VTARC plane carrying Rahul from Kannur to Varanasi on February 13 at 11.45 pm, the flight was cancelled by the operator owing to the change in schedule of the visitor. On the Kannur air visitors management, the flight operator filed the flight’s vacation spot as Delhi from Kannur as an alternative of Varanasi,” the airport officers claimed within the FIR.
“The flight plan for Varanasi was cancelled by the operator on the request of the friends on board. It additionally intimated the choice to ATCs of Kannur and Varanasi at 8.52 pm on February 13,” it was additional claimed.
“Rai in his video message made completely false claims and unnecessarily dragged the workplace of the President of India in a false controversy, other than accusing AAI together with others, together with the Central authorities for denying touchdown of the flight,” said airport officers within the FIR and demanded essential motion by mentioning that Rai’s act amounted to rumour-mongering and defamation of AAI.
Airport director Aryama Sanyal had given a transparent indication of lodging a case against Rai by issuing clarification on this episode on February 14 and in addition disclosed all communication made with AR Airways concerning cancellation of Rahul’s plan to go to Varanasi.
Nonetheless, the Congress leaders together with celebration’s metropolis chief Raghvendra Chaubey continued to assert that that they had reached the airport after being knowledgeable by CISF assistant commandant of airport safety that Rahul’s arrival was scheduled at 11.45 pm. He stated the FIR was “a bid to harass partymen”.
In his video message Rai had claimed, “Rahulji needed to land right here to supply prayer at Kashi Vishwanath temple earlier than heading to Prayagraj to attend some private perform at Anand Bhawan. However, referring to the President’s go to and visitors issues, his flight was not allowed to land right here.”
“The massive success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul ji has upset the Bharatiya Janata Celebration-led authorities on the Centre and state. Thus, the ruling celebration leaders pressurised AAI officers to not enable the touchdown of Rahul ji’s flight right here,” Rai had claimed.
Appearing on the criticism of airport appearing director Ajay Kumar Pathak, the Phoolpur police lodged the FIR against Rai, the Prayagraj provincial unit president of the celebration, below Sections 505(2) (making any assertion containing hearsay or alarming information with intent to create or promote enmity, hatred), 500 (defamation) and 501 (engraving matter identified to be defamatory) of IPC on the evening of February 16.
The FIR says that at 11.38 pm on February 13, Rai tweeted a video blaming that AAI Varanasi didn’t enable a flight carrying Rahul to land on the LBSI airport. Rai additional stated that because of air visitors congestion, strain from the state administration and in addition as a result of motion of the President, Rahul’s flight was not allowed to land.
“The very fact of the matter is that although plane operator AR Airways had filed a request to permit touchdown of VTARC plane carrying Rahul from Kannur to Varanasi on February 13 at 11.45 pm, the flight was cancelled by the operator owing to the change in schedule of the visitor. On the Kannur air visitors management, the flight operator filed the flight’s vacation spot as Delhi from Kannur as an alternative of Varanasi,” the airport officers claimed within the FIR.
“The flight plan for Varanasi was cancelled by the operator on the request of the friends on board. It additionally intimated the choice to ATCs of Kannur and Varanasi at 8.52 pm on February 13,” it was additional claimed.
“Rai in his video message made completely false claims and unnecessarily dragged the workplace of the President of India in a false controversy, other than accusing AAI together with others, together with the Central authorities for denying touchdown of the flight,” said airport officers within the FIR and demanded essential motion by mentioning that Rai’s act amounted to rumour-mongering and defamation of AAI.
Airport director Aryama Sanyal had given a transparent indication of lodging a case against Rai by issuing clarification on this episode on February 14 and in addition disclosed all communication made with AR Airways concerning cancellation of Rahul’s plan to go to Varanasi.
Nonetheless, the Congress leaders together with celebration’s metropolis chief Raghvendra Chaubey continued to assert that that they had reached the airport after being knowledgeable by CISF assistant commandant of airport safety that Rahul’s arrival was scheduled at 11.45 pm. He stated the FIR was “a bid to harass partymen”.
In his video message Rai had claimed, “Rahulji needed to land right here to supply prayer at Kashi Vishwanath temple earlier than heading to Prayagraj to attend some private perform at Anand Bhawan. However, referring to the President’s go to and visitors issues, his flight was not allowed to land right here.”
“The massive success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul ji has upset the Bharatiya Janata Celebration-led authorities on the Centre and state. Thus, the ruling celebration leaders pressurised AAI officers to not enable the touchdown of Rahul ji’s flight right here,” Rai had claimed.