YouTuber reacts to Rs 500 crore defamation notice by Akshay Kumar
Mumbai: Bihar-based YouTuber Rashid Siddiquee on Friday denied actor Akshay Kumar’s allegations of defamation in reference to the Sushant Singh Rajput dying case.
There was nothing defamatory in his YouTube movies in regards to the Sushant Singh case, Siddiquee stated in response to Kumar’s discover in search of Rs 500 crore in damages.
Kumar ought to withdraw the discover, failing which he would provoke “appropriate legal proceedings”, he stated.
The Bollywood star had on November 17 despatched a defamation discover to Siddiquee in search of compensation for making “false and baseless allegations” in opposition to him.
The discover despatched by legislation agency I C Legal stated Siddiquee in his YouTube channel FF News had uploaded a number of “defamatory, libelous and derogatory” movies.
The YouTuber, in his reply despatched by advocate J P Jayswal on Friday, stated the allegations made by Akshay Kumar had been “false, vexatious and oppressive and is raised with an intent to harass him”.
Following Rajput’s dying by suicide, a number of impartial reporters, together with Siddiquee, lined the information as many influential folks had been concerned and outstanding information channels weren’t offering right info, he stated.
Every Indian citizen has the elemental proper to freedom of speech and the content material uploaded by Siddiquee can’t be thought of as defamatory because it was “viewpoints with objectivity”, the reply stated.
“The news reported by Siddiquee was already in the public domain and he has placed reliance on other news channels as sources,” it stated.
It additionally questioned the delay in sending the defamation discover because the movies had been uploaded in August, two months after Rajput’s dying.
“The damages of Rs 500 crore are absurd and unwarranted and are made with the intent to pressurise Siddiquee,” the reply stated.
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Kumar ought to withdraw the discover, in any other case, Siddiquee would provoke acceptable authorized proceedings, it added.
“Akshay Kumar faced severe backlash after interviewing an influential politician, whereby thousands of people have made personal remarks against him on various YouTube videos and websites. Surprisingly, Kumar has not taken any action on the same, however, he has selectively chosen Siddiquee to saddle the blame of defamation,” the reply stated.
The Mumbai police have already filed a case in opposition to Siddiquee for alleged defamation, public mischief and intentional insult over his posts in opposition to the police, the Maharashtra authorities and minister Aaditya Thackeray.
Siddiquee was on November three granted anticipatory bail by a neighborhood court docket in that case.
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