Police Atrocity in Media: Open Solicitation of False
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Victims by Police
In a desperate and inhumane move to justify their case against His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda, the police solicited anyone from the public to testify against Him, offering to pay for all their expenses including travel costs. The criminal nexus between the media and the Crime Investigation Department is evident. They used print news, social media, and mass media for this blatant “advertisement for victims.” No victim ever came out.
- This article cum advertisement depicted His Divine Holiness as a criminal.
- It was a state-sponsored systematic campaign of incitement to hatred among masses against Him. Slanders and falsehoods were disseminated in state-controlled and state-sanctioned media.
- Deprived Him of fair trial by judiciary, he was already proven guilty during media trial.
- extensive use of the mass media and other means to systematically denigrate and vilify His Divine Holiness, the hateful impact of it will remain etched in the memory of masses for ever.
- Demonizing and dehumanizing by utterly unfounded allegations, His image was casted as a criminal who was threat to the nation and needed to be shunned.
March 09 2010
In this article, the media carries ‘the call of the Crime Investigation Department’ for victims of Paramahamsa Nithyananda to come forward (after false rape charges have been slapped on Him!).
FACTS:
- This is a completely unprecedented move in India’s judicial history by the Crime Investigation Department (CID). They offered to pay for the “travel expenses” of the victim, should the victim come forward. This is a tactic to offer money to anyone who will play the role of a victim. It is a subtle advertisement for a victim in the section which garners the most readership.
- Why would such a preposterous call by the Crime Investigation Department not feature in the paid advertisement column? Why is it featuring as a regular article?
- This kind of paid article costs above 5 lac Rupees (above $7200).
- They made it seem as though the victim is hiding somewhere, and that they are reaching out to them to confess. However, the reality is that it is a subtle call for anyone to step up as a false victim, with promises of ample compensation for their efforts.
Making a mockery of the entire justice system, the police advertised for victims in the newspaper and social media in order to detain His Divine Holiness for more time in prison. Devotees were devastated to see the atrocity done to their beloved Guru.
To add even more suspicion to the entire episode, S. Gurumurthy, the mastermind behind the entire persecution against Paramahamsa Nithyananda, is one of the chief columnists of this newspaper - Indian Express.
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S Gurumurthy is one of the chief columnist of Indian Express since more than three decades. Gurumurthy used his position at Indian Express to have them publish the paid-article inviting victims to depose in from C.I.D. in the case of false rape allegations on His Divine Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda, in 2010.