Zee TV News Anchor Detained To Mislead Rahul Gandhi's Video

Anchor Rohit Ranjan was taken into custody

Ahead of the misleading Rahul Gandhi video, Zee TV news anchor, Rohit Ranjan was taken into custody by the police from his home near Delhi today, days after the channel ran a misleading Rahul Gandhi video for which it had apologised.

A dramatic video showed a loud argument and jostling as the Chhattisgarh police tried to arrest the anchor and the police in Ghaziabad stepped in to take him away. 

Rohit Ranjan tweeted an SOS to the Uttar Pradesh police when the Chhattisgarh cops landed at his home around 5.30 am, alleging that the local police were not informed.

Taking notes from Chhattisgarh police on this note, they said that it is not required to inform anyone as long as there is a warrant.

According to the sources, the Ghaziabad police then took him away, preventing his arrest by the Chhattisgarh team. He is currently in the custody of the UP police, facing relatively lighter charges.

Cases were filed against the TV anchor in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh soon after Rohit Ranjan, on his show, played a Rahul Gandhi statement on an attack on his office in Kerala's Wayanad and allegedly ran it as a comment on the Udaipur tailor's killers.

The video was shared by BJP leaders like Rajyavardhan Rathore, who have also been charged in an FIR.

Meanwhile, the channel apologised and Mr. Ranjan said on his show, "Yesterday, in our show DNA, Rahul Gandhi's statement was taken in the wrong context by linking it to the Udaipur incident, it was a human error for which our team apologises."

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Rahul Gandhi was referring to the attack on his Wayanad office when he said, "The children who did this have acted irresponsibly. They are kids, forgive them."

"But the way the TV channel and the anchor ran the video made it seem like Rahul Gandhi was saying those who killed Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur were kids and should be forgiven," Mr. Gehlot said.