Arrested Over Tweets On Amit Shah, Director Avinash Das Granted Bail By Ahmedabad Court

Filmmaker Avinash Das, who was arrested for sharing a picture of Union Home Minister Amit Shah with arrested IAS officer Pooja Singhal on social media, has been granted bail by a metropolitan court in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

The director of Netflix's SHE was sent to one-day police custody by the same court after being booked under IPC section 469 for "forgery to harm the reputation of a person in connection with Shah¡¯s picture."

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He was also booked under sections of Prevention of Insults to National Honours Act in connection with a photo of a woman dressed in the colours of India's national flag.

Avinash Das' bail was opposed by the Ahmedabad crime branch department, which sought further custody of the filmmaker. However, reports suggest that the Ahmedabad court refused to give the department further custody of the filmmaker.

Moreover, detectives from the Ahmedabad crime branch department had argued in the court that bail should not be granted to Avinash Das as the filmmaker failed to make appearance before the police despite being served with three notices.

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According to IE reports, speaking of filmmaker Avinash Das, Deputy Commissioner of Police Chaitanya Mandlik of Ahmedabad Crime Branch had earlier stated, ¡°He has a history of posting fake and wrong posts on social media. He had posted a picture on social media where people were lying on the ground during the Covid pandemic with the caption, ¡®somewhere in Gujarat¡¯¡­ However, the picture was of some other place. Likewise, he has posted many fake photos¡­ We have also found a post where he described Hindu gods and goddesses in an obscene manner.¡±

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The police also said that Avinash Das is not co-operating in the investigation. But, his advocate, appealed to the court that bail should be granted to him and that he will follow all the conditions put forth with it.

Reportedly, Avinash Das was arrested outside his residence in Mumbai on July 19 for sharing not one but two images - one of Amit Shah with arrested IAS officer Pooja Singhal and the other of a painting of a woman dressed in the tricolours. Pooja Singhal is accused of money laundering case and was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on May 11.

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