Gokhale was arrested by the Gujarat State police from Jaipur.
According to a tweet by TMC Member of Parliament Derek O’Brien, Gokhale was arrested at the airport in Jaipur by the Gujarat police on December 5 at 9 pm.
The arrest was based on a complaint against his tweet relating to RTI information on the Morbi bridge collapse.
“RTI reveals that Modi’s visit to Morbi for a few hours cost ₹30 crores. Of this, ₹5.5. crore was purely for ‘welcome, event management, & photography’. 135 victims who died got ₹4 lakh ex-gratia each i.e. ₹5 crore. Just Modi’s event management & PR costs more than life of 135 people,” his tweet stated.
Disturbed by Gokhale’s tweet, a senior BJP leader Bhalabhai Kothari lodged a complaint before the Ahmedabad cyber crime cell on December 1, a report stated.
Based on the same, an FIR was lodged booking the spokesperson 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.
Source: Barandbench
