Derek O'Brien claimed that the arrest of Saket Gokhale was a fabricated case registered at the Ahmedabad Cyber Cell regarding his tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse that killed 140 people.
TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on 6 December said that the party's national spokesperson Saket Gokhale has been arrested by the Gujarat Police, terming it a 'political vendetta' by the BJP.
In a series of tweets, Derek O'Brien claimed that Gokhale's arrest was a fabricated case filed by the Ahmedabad Cyber Cell regarding Saket's tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse, in which 140 people were killed.
He wrote, "TMC national spokesperson Saket Gokhale arrested by Gujarat police. Saket took a 9 pm flight from New Delhi to Jaipur on Monday. When he landed, Gujarat police was waiting for him at the airport in Rajasthan." was staying and picked them up."
He further wrote, 'On Tuesday at 2 am he called his mother and said that they are taking him to Ahmedabad and he will reach Ahmedabad by this afternoon. The police let him make a two-minute phone call and then confiscated his phone and all his belongings."
“A ripe case has been registered with the Ahmedabad cyber cell regarding Saket's tweet on Morbi bridge collapse. All this cannot silence the AITC and the opposition. BJP is taking political vendetta to another level."
However, when contacted, SHO of Jaipur airport police station Digpal Singh told PTI that he had no such information. "I have no idea. Nobody informed us," he said.
TMC national spokesperson @SaketGokhale arrested by Gujarat Police.
On Monday, Saket took a flight from New Delhi to Jaipur at 9 pm. When he landed, the Gujarat Police was waiting for him at the airport in Rajasthan and picked him up. 1/3
- Derek O'Brien | Derek O'Brien (@derekobrienmp) December 6, 2022
Although O'Brien did not specify which tweet led to Gokhale's arrest, but on 1 December, PIB Fact Check termed an RTI report filed by Gokhale as fake.
In an RTI filed by Gokhale, it was revealed that PM Modi's visit to Morbi cost ₹30 crore.
In a tweet, Fact Check Bereau wrote, “A tweet citing an RTI is claiming that PM's visit to Morbi cost ₹30 crore. #PIBFactCheck ️ This claim is #Fake. No such RTI reply has been given."
A tweet quoting an RTI claims that PM's visit to Morbi cost ₹30 crore.#PIBFactCheck
▪️ This claim is #Fake.
▪️ No such RTI reply has been given. pic.twitter.com/CEVgvWgGTv
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) December 1, 2022
PIB had formed a fact checking unit to identify fake news related to the government and its policies circulating on various social media platforms. The Fact Check Unit monitors platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to flag fake news.
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