‘Can’t make money in a country whose people you defame’

Pakistan sports presenter Zainab Abbas in India to report on the ongoing World Cup has flown out of the country Abbas left after a complaint to the Delhi cybercrime about alleged antiIndia and defamatory tweets Reports though stated the International Cricket Council ICC has stressed that Abbas left due to personal reasonsSupreme Court lawyer Vineet Jindal who filed a complaint on October 4 stated ldquoThere are three tweets I have highlighted Two of the tweets are nine years old one of them has been tweeted in 2019 I got to know about the tweets when one of my followers on social media shared themrdquoThe remarksScreenshots of these alleged tweets are attached in Jindalrsquos complaint The 2019 tweet dated August 11 wishes an Eid Mubarak to all It states that the true spirit of this Eid is sacrifice This is followed by lsquoWe must remember the sacrifices by the people of Kashmir for their right of selfdetermination It is time for the world to stand for what is right Have a blessed onersquoVineet Jindal lawyer Supreme CourtThere are two others one which says March 5 2014 from an account zainablovessrk and it reads lsquoHahaha true it does man went delhi and it smells of cow piss Oops thatrsquos their maaaaaa kaali marsquo There is another dated March 4 2014 that read lsquothis 120 crore population can not produce one fast bowler Eat some Fing meat u shud shahkaharisrsquoJindal said ldquoOnce I verified the information I filed a complaint with the Delhi Cyber Crime on October 4 I also wrote a letter to Jay Shah secretary Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI and Ajay Bhalla Home Secretary India referencing the tweetsrdquoMock talkStating that her remarks were derogatory to the ldquointegrity and sovereignty of the countryrdquo Jindalrsquos mail stated ldquoNow she has been given a chance to be a presenter at the ICC World Cup in our country instead of being penalised for such remarks on her social profile Her remarks indicate that she despises and has hostility towards the faith of millions of Indians I have also made a complaint against Zainab with Cyber Cell Delhi Police on 04102023 for her hostile and scathing comments against Hindu Dharma and AntiBharat statements and requested Delhi Police to lodge an FIR against her and investigatethe matterldquoConsidering all the above facts there is no reason to allow a person with such hostility towards our country to be given a chance to be a presenter here at the ICC World Cup Therefore it is requested to kindly consider the removal of Zainab Abbas as the presenter at the ICC World Cup 2023rdquo it endedLegal recourseJindal said ldquoI am a law abiding citizen I did not retort on social media I went and filed a complaint following due process Why just Hinduism Nobody should post such comments about any religion I asked that she be removed She was here and should not be allowed to make money in a country the people of which she defamedrdquoThe reasonThe Delhi lawyer who said he is also a ldquosocial activistrdquo when asked that there are different narratives about her return from she going back for ldquopersonal reasonsrdquo to her ldquobeing deportedrdquo to another that ldquoshe has flown out of the country for safety reasonsrdquo said to this reporter ldquoI am happy you brought that up She has run away because she knows she will face legal action There is some talk going on about how she is facing threats If there were she could have asked for special security hererdquoWill pursueJindal said ldquoI will continue with legal action and press for the registration of an FIR I think it is laughable for some people from Pakistan and the media there to call India intolerant or say that there is no freedom in this country Look at the Pak blasphemy law people have been killed In that country the slightest lsquoinsultrsquo to their religion is punished very severelyrdquo Jindal finished signing off that ldquopeople can take action but always through correct legal means and ordinary persons should never assume they are powerlessrdquo Several media reports have said that Abbas had denied all allegations As the controversy simmers and opinions are divided one thing is certain the Internet social media has a very long memory Once you tweet it is impossible to delete