Ektaa R Kapoor to file Rs 100 Cr civil defamation suit against Hindustani Bhau in THIS case; issues FIRST statement

Ektaa R Kapoor’s lawyer raised the issue of filing a civil defamation suit seeking 100 crores against damages from such wrongdoers. In 2020, Hindustani Bhau filed a misleading complaint against Ektaa R Kapoor, accusing her of disrespecting our jawans. Five years have passed since the complaint was filed.

Ektaa R Kapoor’s lawyer issues statement on Hindustani Bhau accusing the producer in 2020 case

Regarding the same, Ektaa R Kapoor’s lawyer, Rizwan Siddiquee, issued a statement on the case, saying, “Under instructions and on behalf of my client Ms. Ektaa R. Kapoor, her family members and ALT Digital Media Entertainment Ltd., I would like to place on record as under:

1) That some persons and entities with personal vested interests coupled with hidden agendas and criminal motives are posting false and misleading information, concerning my said clients and an old 2020 police complaint, which was already closed by the said Police Department.

2) That when the said matter was again taken up before the Learned 9th Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bandra Court, he did NOT take any cognizance of the said complaint and has instead asked for a police investigation report ‘to first ascertain the veracity and genuineness of the complaint brought before him. This is called ‘postponement of issuance of process under law. That under such given situation, no one should have recklessly issued any public statement or article, therein directly or indirectly insinuating or suggesting that my client has committed any wrong, as alleged.

That regardless of this fact and the legal position, some people are still criminally trying to defame my clients and garner publicity, at the cost of their name and reputation. Accordingly, I have been instructed to initiate strict legal proceedings both under civil as well as criminal laws, against such wrongdoers.

Accordingly, do note that my clients are interalia contemplating to sue such wrong-doers by filing a 100 Crores civil defamation suit against them, besides criminal proceedings.”

Here’s what happened?

On February 15, Ekta came under investigation by Mumbai police in follow-up to a court order for a criminal complaint. It alleges that she disrespected the soldiers in one of her web shows. The Bandra magistrate’s court asked the police to submit its report by May 9. The section mentioned was 202 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Vikas Pathak aka Hindustani Bhau filed a complaint that a web series on Alt Balaji. He said it depicted a military officer in an “illicit sexual act” in one of its episodes. He came across in May 2020. Through his lawyer Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh, Pathak alleged, “The accused have stooped to a cheap low and shamelessly targeted the dignity and pride of our country by depicting the Indian Army military uniform in the illicit sexual act with the national emblem on it.”

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