Threats to Smriti: Writer gets relief
MUMBAI: The tussle between TV's favourite bahu Smriti Irani and scriptwriter Rekkha Modi took a twist with the state human rights commission passing an order in Modi's favour on Tuesday.
Modi, who was booked for threatening Irani, had complained about torture by officers at the Oshiwara police station. She had also said the FIR in the case was submitted to the Andheri metropolitan court on April 2, over a fortnight after the complaint was lodged.
The human rights body passed an order stating that Modi be paid compensation of Rs 20,000 by the government. This amount is to be later recovered from investigating officer Vasant Pingle.
The order also noted that a departmental inquiry be conducted against Pingle, then senior inspector of Oshiwara police M N Mate and the then assistant police commissioner for violating human rights and not sending the FIR immediately to court.
It observed that the officers did not bother to take down signatures of witnesses on the panchnama nor did they prepare an arrest memo as required by SC.
"There have been instances in the past where officers have kept FIRs blank and filled them up later as per developments. We fear that might be the case here,"said Modi's counsel Y P Singh.
"Modi was called in for questioning on March 24, when she was beaten up and illegally confined at the police station for an entire day without informing her family. She was denied bail, despite it being a bailable offence."
"I underwent severe depression and stress after being beaten with a tyre-strip in the police station like a criminal and forced to sign a confessional statement in Marathi,"Modi told TOI.
Police chief A N Roy said they had not received any order from the commission
Jamshedpur, April 7: Smriti Irani or Tulsi of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, a popular television serial, will be in the city later this year.
It will be a non-political trip for Irani, who is also a member of the BJP.
The Gujarat Club of Jamshedpur has invited the television actress to perform in the city in October.
Irani will be starring in a Gujarati drama scheduled to be organised at a city-based club.
Smita Parikh, president of the Gujarat Club, said Irani had confirmed her participation in the drama.
"She will stay here for about three days. Smriti will also perform in a show in Calcutta before coming to the city," Parikh added.
There had been a demand from the community to invite the popular television star to the city.
Apart from exhibiting her acting skills, Smriti will also take part in a series of programmes organised by various Gujarati women's organisation.
The host Gujarat Club will also felicitate the television actor.
Notably, it was because of the Gujarat Club's initiative that a grand function was organised at the BOC Pavilion last year.
According to Parikh, efforts are being made to rope in artistes of Ahmedabad-based Avishkar Academy, a socio-cultural organisation which is partnering the Gujarat government in popularising the "Vibrant Gujarat" — an initiative of the Narendra Modi government.
Although Smriti is a member of the BJP national executive, she is not going to attend any political functions during her stay in the city.
"The actress would rather stick to her image of a television personality," said sources in the Gujarat Club.
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