Dutee Chand recordsdata defamation: Bail of Web portal editor rejected, Sent to judicial custody

Bhubaneswar: In the matter of the sprinter Dutee Chand’s FIR towards an internet portal editor for publishing derogatory content material, the editor Sudhanshu Rout has been despatched to judicial custody at present after Court rejected his bail petition. Earlier on the day he was arrested by Police and later had been produce within the Court.
As per experiences, net portal editor Sudhanshu Rout and Reporter Smruti Ranjan Behera have been produced within the Court of the SDJM Court in Bhubaneswar. The Court rejected bail petition of the 2 and therefore they have been despatched to 14 days judicial custody.
In the in the meantime hassle for Sudhanshu Rout has escalated as outdated circumstances towards him have surfaced. As per experiences, Rout was concerned in a matter that had been complained within the Mangalpur Police Station space of Jajpur in 2016. Bhubaneswar DCP has mentioned that if anyone brings allegation that can be investigated.
On the opposite hand, conveying her happiness over the rapid motion, Dutee Chand has thanked Odisha Police.
It is to be famous that Dutee had made severe allegations starting from threats, defamation, sexual harassment insulting modesty and others towards Rout. “A case has been registered under Sections 292 (2), 354, 385, 506, 509 and 120-B IPC along with Section 6 of indecent representation of women (prohibition) act, 1986,” earlier Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Bhubaneswar, Umashankar Das had mentioned.
Sprinter Dutee had lodged criticism towards two journalists Rout and his reporter Smruti Ranjan Behera, and a social activist Pradeep Pradhan alleging that that they had printed objectionable content material towards her previous to the Tokyo Olympics, which had an antagonistic influence on her efficiency. She had additionally filed a Rs 5 crore defamation case in civil court docket in Bhubaneswar on this regard.
Dutee thanked the police for taking rapid motion on this case and hoped that motion may also be taken towards different two individuals towards whom she had introduced allegations.
“I had been mentally harassed and had to face a character assassination. This kind of slur had an adverse impact on my performance during the Tokyo Olympics. They made an issue with my character and gender which was very distasteful. Today I am relaxed as one person has been detained and I am confident that I will get justice,” she added.
(With inputs from IANS)