Mumbai Police’s ‘No Chase’ Warning To Media As Rhea Chakraborty Will get Bail

Mumbai/ New Delhi:

Actor Rhea Chakraborty. who was arrested in medicine case linked to Sushant Singh Rajput dying probe, was granted bail this morning by the Bombay Excessive Court docket. The 28-year-old actor is about to stroll out of the jail, almost a month after she was arrested, and the Mumbai Police has warned the reporters towards “endangering lives”.

“You can’t chase the car of any celeb, advocate or any individual you want to interview. You can’t endanger your life, the lifetime of that individual or regular folks strolling on the roads. It is an offence. We are going to stern motion, not solely towards the driving force however towards the individual instigating, instructing the individual to do such a chase,” Sangram Singh Nishandar, Mumbai Police Deputy Commissioner, advised reporters.

Final month, Ms Chakraborty was mobbed by a horde of mediapersons in Mumbai earlier than and after she was questioned for over six hours by the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) within the medicine case, three days earlier than she was jailed (on September 9).
 

Watch | “You can’t chase any advocate or any individual you want to interview. Mumbai police will take strict motion towards such individuals” : Sangram Singh Nishandar, Mumbai Police Deputy Commissioner to media exterior Mumbai Excessive Court docket pic.twitter.com/8cqxuXpbKg

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Surprising visuals confirmed Ms Chakraborty, carrying a masks, struggling to make her approach by way of the gang to enter the investigating company’s workplace amid enormous safety. Many within the crowd had been seen violating government-mandated social distancing norms, that are in place to examine the unfold of the extremely contagious coronavirus whilst Mumbai stays one of many worst-hit cities throughout the nation amid the pandemic.

“Is there any work ethics for media?” Nationwide Fee of Girls chief Rekha Sharma had tweeted on the time. Many Bollywood celebrities additionally responded to the visuals, calling it a “witch-hunt. “India… witness our lowest! Shameful witch hunt! Disgusting,” tweeted Swara Bhasker.

Tapsee Pannu wrote on Twitter: “Within the identify of justice these folks have lynched a human being off her proper to reside even earlier than confirmed responsible. I sincerely pray karma finds the handle of every human being a part of this lowest low of mankind we’re witness to.”

Later, images and movies confirmed actors Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan being chased because the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) widened its medicine probe and referred to as them for questioning. 

The senior Mumbai cop had warned the media at the moment too. “We’ve got noticed a variety of media automobiles chasing individuals who had been referred to as for the inquiry. The automobiles shall be seized as a result of they’re endangering their lives in addition to lives of whoever was referred to as and customary folks,” Mr Nishandar advised information company ANI on the time.