Maharashtra: FIR against Vasai lawyer for sharing Dhruv Rathee video

Updated On: 29 May, 2024 07:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania

Advocate and CPI (ML) office bearer Adesh Bansode had simply shared the video on the WhatsApp group ‘Bar Association of Vasai,’ with a message urging them to watch it before voting; says FIR is illegal and will not stand test of law

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Adesh Bansode, advocate and state secretary, CPI (ML). Pics/Hanif Patel

The Vasai-based Manikpur police have registered an FIR against a lawyer, Adesh Bansode, for sharing a video critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee on a WhatsApp group accompanied by a message urging viewers to watch the clip before voting. Bansode has been practising at Palghar district’s Vasai court for years and is also a state secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist). Rathee uploaded the video, The Narendra Modi Files: A Dictator Mentality?, on May 19, and it has garnered 14 million views.

YouTuber Dhruv Rathee