Shiv Sena slams 'media trial' of rape-accused DIG Sunil Paraskar

Extending indirect support to rape-accused IPS officer Sunil Paraskar, the Shiv Sena on Saturday lashed out at the media for conducting its own 'trial' in the case

August 02, 2014 12:35 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 05:40 pm IST - Mumbai

Extending indirect support to rape-accused IPS officer Sunil Paraskar, the Shiv Sena on Saturday lashed out at the media for conducting its own 'trial' in the case.

"Raising questions against someone's morality and character assassination have become tools for many to defame someone. Law supports the woman completely. But if someone is going to misuse the law, then it has to interpreted differently with open eyes," said an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna .

It said that the Marathi and Hindi news channels are going all over the story since the case involves a well-known IPS officer.

It alleged that the instances of creating sensation by levelling accusations of rape or molestation have increased in the high-class society.

The editorial asked that why isn't that the police in this case aren't investigating the history of the model. "How did rape take place, if they (model and officer) had 'sweet' relations in the past? Did it take six months to (her) know that rape has been committed? These days no one raises questions as why rape cases are reported six months or two years after," the editorial said.

While adding that the victim in rape cases should be supported by the society, the Sena mouthpiece said that the other side of the coin should also be heard. The editorial went on to say that false cases of rape and molestation are raising question marks against the entire women community.

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