This was Gokhale’s third arrest in recent times by the Gujarat police.
The police had earlier arrested Gokhale on December 6, 2022 for his tweet claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Morbi after the bridge collapse, had cost ₹30 crore.
Based on Gokhale’s December 1 tweet , an FIR was lodged, whereby he was booked under Sections 469 (forgery to harm reputation), 471 (using as genuine a forged document/electronic record), 501 (printing defamatory matter), and 505(b) (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code.
He got bail from an Ahmedabad court after his remand ended on December 8. However, the TMC leader was again arrested the same day by the Morbi police for the same offence registered there.
However, the next day on December 9, the Court granted him bail and he was released before he was arrested in the present case.
Source: Barandbench
