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A complaint has been filed by CPI(M) leader P Sasi in which it is alleged that the Republic News Tv Anchor Arnab Goswami had termed Keralites as "shameless people". The Said comment of TV Anchor against the keralities was alleged to be made by during his debate on the issue that “whether CG had prevented UAE government from giving flood relief to Kerala”. The said complaint was filed by the CPI(M) leader before the Judicial Magistrate against which goswami has moved to the Kerala HC for quashing of the said proceeding under Sec. 482 of CrPC. The owner of Republic TV, ARG Outlier Media Asianet News Pvt Ltd, was also made an accused in the complaint along with Goswami.
Arnab Goswami in his petition before the Kerala HC has submitted that the complaint was based on a distorted version of the broadcast. According to him the broadcast was to highlight the fake news in relation to UAE's alleged offer to provide flood relief of Rs. 700 crores to Kerala. Goswami was criticizing the persons with vested interests who had started a false campaign that Central Government stopped the UAE grant. The counsel for goswami also contended before the court that the complainant in the current case did not qualify as an aggrieved person, because the broadcast was directed only against the false campaigners of the news and not against entire Kerala.
The Kerala HC bench after hearing the counsels have stayed the proceedings in complaint and granted a relief to Goswami.
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