TV and reality star Payal Rohatgi, who was sent to judicial custody till December 24 by a metropolitan court a day ago, was granted bail on Tuesday. Additional District Magistrate's (ADJ) court of Bundi granted bail to the actress on a personal bond. Payal was sent to judicial custody by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court of Bundi on Monday on charges of posting objectionable content on social media sites against Nehru-Gandhi family few months ago.
On October 10, a complaint was lodged by Congress worker Charmesh Sharma against Payal for posting an objectionable video on Nehru and his family on the Facebook and Twitter. Police lodged a case against her under section 504, 505(2) of the IPC and started investigation.
Now her fiancee, wrester Sangram Singh, has opened up on the entire incident and claimed that there was no case and all this was done intentionally. "I would like to tell Rajasthan Police, there are so many crime happening in their state and they should be concerned about it. But they have all the time to make such cases and arrest people. Leaving all the serious cases and issues their entire team is busy with Payal Rohatgi’s case. I am happy that everyone supported Payal in this hour of need and she has got bail. I am happy that the court took the right decision as we are a democratic country and the decision was not made under any political pressure," he told a leading daily.
He also pointed out that Payal did not commit any crime. “Payal has represented everyone. From an aam aadmi (common man) to khaas aadmi. I feel zubaan sabke paas hai but himmat har kisi ke paas nahi (I feel everyone has voice but not everyone is courageous). I am proud of her that she showed the courage to talk about something which she strongly feels about. When I met her today, she looked more confident and strong. She very well knew that she has not done any mistake and she kept telling me that she hasn’t done wrong. I have not committed a crime. They are just making a political matter out of this. I got to know today that person who had reported about Payal is a blackmailer. He is a fraud,” he further told the daily.
Rajasthan police arrested Payal from Ahemdabad over her controversial video.
(Source: The Times of India/with inputs from IANS)
