Posted 2/19/2024, 2:12:17 PM
BJP Leader Sentenced Over 2018 Facebook Post Denigrating Women Journalists
- BJP leader S Ve Shekher sentenced to 1 month in jail and fined Rs 15,000 for derogatory Facebook post about women journalists in 2018
- Post called women journalists "illiterate", "stupid", and "ugly" and said governor should "wash his hands with phenyl" for touching one
- Court suspended jail sentence to allow appeal, but said allegations proved beyond doubt
- Verdict comes after Madras HC refused to quash multiple criminal cases against Shekher in 2023
- Shekher apologized and claimed he shared post without reading it fully, but court said he should have exercised responsibility