Satyendar files defamation case against Mishra, Sirsa

  • | Saturday | 20th May, 2017

Mr. Jain also accused a Hindi daily of publishing the “libellous and slanderous statements” made by Mr. Sirsa. ‘Irreparable damage’Mr. Jain said his family members and many people from his constituency had questioned him after these “baseless” allegations were made by Mr. Mishra. He added that Mr. Mishra had contacted the media instead of approaching the investigating authorities. This, Mr. Jain said, had caused irreparable damage to his reputation. In his complaint against Mr. Mishra, Mr. Jain said the sacked Minister had on May 7 told journalists that he had seen the Health Minister “hand over a bribe of ?2 crore to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on May 5”.

more-in Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain filed two separate criminal defamation complaints on Friday at the Tis Hazari courts against former Minister Kapil Mishra and BJP MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa for levelling graft charges against him. In his complaint against Mr. Mishra, Mr. Jain said the sacked Minister had on May 7 told journalists that he had seen the Health Minister “hand over a bribe of ?2 crore to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on May 5”. ‘Irreparable damage’ Mr. Jain said his family members and many people from his constituency had questioned him after these “baseless” allegations were made by Mr. Mishra. This, Mr. Jain said, had caused irreparable damage to his reputation. “This is one of his ploys to implicate Ministers of the Delhi government. The intention is not only to harm my reputation but also the reputation of other functionaries of the Delhi government...He has been making baseless statements against Delhi government Ministers before the national media,” Mr. Jain alleged. He added that Mr. Mishra had contacted the media instead of approaching the investigating authorities. “Mr. Mishra knew that making statements before the media will ensure the allegations are read or heard by a majority of the population. He also knew that this will raise questions in the minds of the people about the Delhi government. He made baseless allegations only to satisfy his personal motives,” Mr. Jain claimed. He accused Mr. Sirsa, the BJP legislator from Rajouri Garden, of defaming him by organising a press conference and alleging that he was circulating a huge sum of illegitimate money within the party. Mr. Jain also accused a Hindi daily of publishing the “libellous and slanderous statements” made by Mr. Sirsa. The complaints have been listed for hearing on May 29 before Metropolitan Magistrate Shefali Barnala Tandon. If convicted, the offence entails a maximum punishment of two years.

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