LEGAL NOTICE
TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN & TO ALL PUBLIC COMMUNICATORS,
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS & SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS As advised by & on
behalf of my client Dr. Pravinbhai Mohanlal Togadia, age 57 yrs, I S. D. Jani Advocate 12, Shivshakti complex, High court
Road, Bhavnagar, Gujarat India do hereby state as under.
1. That the
report about a misinformed incident in Gujarat as appeared in an English
newspaper Times of India dated April 21, 2014 which per our information, has
appeared in the said news paper’s almost all India editions under varied
headlines, is false, malafide & mischievous.
2. That
significantly, on the same day, i.e. today i.e. April 21, 2014 in yet another
English newspaper namely Indian Express dated a completely different report has
suddenly appeared which is about a misinformed description of an incident in
Uttar Pradesh village in dist Pratapgadh.
3. That it also
is noticed that a heated debate has begun on yet another English TV channel
namely Times Now on the said misinformed mischievous report as mentioned in the
said Times of India.
4. That the
entire sequence of events as mentioned in the above 1, 2 & 3 clearly show
that there is a bigger conspiracy against my client not only to defame him in
public life but also to put his life & the lives of his family members
& of the people associated with the organizations he is associated with in
danger.
5. That my
client happens to be an International Working President of VHP i.e. Vishwa
Hindu Parishad with Head Office in Delhi. The said organization is known to be
caring for Hindu Well-being & welfare.
6. That my
client has been provided with the security of the Z+ level by the concerned
governments to protect him from physical attacks on his life.
7. That under
the rules of the above said security level, the travel, stay & other
details of the secured person are supposed to be kept confidential by the
concerned authorities who provide the security to ensure that no pre-planned
attacks take place on the secured person.
8. That my
client was travelling at night around 11 pm from Bhavnagar City ,Gujarat on
April 19, 2014 for a night stay at the house of Mr. Bhavin S. Jani the
town Bhavnagar.
9. That while
travelling my client was told by one of the security men that a large group was
protesting on the route because know that Togadia were to travel from this
route.
10. That my client as
mentioned above was traveling at night, asked the security man as to how did
the group know of the route which was supposed to be confidential per the
security rules. The concerned person did not reply.
11. That after reaching the
night stay place i.e. the house of Mr. Bhavin S. Jani again my client was
informed that the same group that was protesting for some reason wanted to meet
him. Although tired by the day’s hectic work of introducing the free medical
service to all in India, my client agreed to meet the said group for 5 minutes.
12. That then the group of
around 1000 people came to give my client a memorandum & presentation about
how their houses were purchased under force & duress by some people.
13. That the said group
also informed my client that they stayed in an area in Bhavnagar before &
even there their houses were forcibly purchased & that they moved to
another area where there were temples & that even the new place they are
being hounded to sell their houses to another group.
14. That hearing their
plea, as a law abiding citizen, my client advised them to follow the legal
process of writing to the local administration, the concerned state government
& approach the court if they felt that they are being forced into any
selling of their houses.
15. That my client also
informed that there had been a ‘Disturbed Area Act’ existing in some places in
Gujarat which was enacted by the earlier Government & that the said group
may find out if the said act was applicable to them in the said matter.
16. That we wish to state
here emphatically that there was nothing socially or legally wrong in the above
advice given by my client to the said group as mentioned above.
17. That after one full day
of this incident & with no provocation whatsoever, to our distress &
surprise, we found the malicious report about our client in the English newspaper
namely Times of India dated April 21, 2014.
18. That the said report as
mentioned in above 17 gives a completely false story intended to malign my
client socially & also putting his life in danger.
19. That the timing of the
other media reports such as in Indian Express front page which are totally
unrelated of the misinformed incident of 2012, popping up on the same day i.e.
April 21, 2014 mentioning my client’s name in a malicious way & then media
debates followed by these reports are a definite conspiracy of planted stories
by the vested interest parties against my client.
20. That we hereby deny any
such malicious reporting by all the media as mentioned above & demand the
immediate CBI enquiry into the matter as mentioned hereunder:
(a) That who, how, to whom & why disclosed the security information such as travel route, stay place & so on, which is supposed to be kept confidential for the Z+ category
(b) That who all were involved in tracking the movement of my client during his travel & disclosing to the public in general even without verifying with my client whether he knew the said people.
(c) That who arranged the said Times of India reporter to be at the secured route late at night without any information to & permission from my client despite the Z+ security.
(d) That who managed the same say simultaneous appearance of reports in two different English newspapers all India i.e. the misinformed, false & malicious reports of 2012 & 2014 that is a night before.
(a) That who, how, to whom & why disclosed the security information such as travel route, stay place & so on, which is supposed to be kept confidential for the Z+ category
(b) That who all were involved in tracking the movement of my client during his travel & disclosing to the public in general even without verifying with my client whether he knew the said people.
(c) That who arranged the said Times of India reporter to be at the secured route late at night without any information to & permission from my client despite the Z+ security.
(d) That who managed the same say simultaneous appearance of reports in two different English newspapers all India i.e. the misinformed, false & malicious reports of 2012 & 2014 that is a night before.
21. That my client while
denying of speaking of any inflammatory words as mentioned in the said Times of
India report under different headlines all India as filed from Gujarat, demands
a CBI investigation into the larger conspiracy of putting his life under threat
by disclosing his security travel route & place of stay to general public.
22. That my client now
fears that this is a larger conspiracy in the General Elections time to draw
benefit in votes at the cost of his freedom & his life. That my client also
fears that the said orchestrated malafide, mischievous & malicious
reporting of unrelated misinformed incidents in different media has been aimed
at targeting his public & social life as well as the lives of my client,
his family members & the people in the organizations with which my client
is associated with.
23. That the above
suspicion is strengthened with the fact that for the past 3 months my client
has been travelling extensively in India to introduce the Free Medical service
for the poor & needy patients. That the regional media had been mentioning
the same as but the said English media has not been mentioning the positive
medical service however, the same Times of India, Indian Express & Times
Now have simultaneously targeted my client on the misinformed unrelated
incidents in a criminally defamatory, malicious & mischievous ways. That
this proves that there has been a completely political conspiracy behind such
ill-reporting about my client with the intention to harm his reputation, image
& life and then to draw political mileage out of all this
24. That once again while
denying the concocted reporting in the above said & if so in any other
media as false, malicious & malafide, we state here that such criminal
conspiracy against my client may cause danger to my client’s life &
reputation & that in such circumstances the entire criminal, financial,
social & technical liability will be of the concerned Governments, its
authorities, its various departments & all the people including the said
media & all public communicators who have been involved in such a criminal
activity against my client as conspirators.
25. That we urge the Hon.
Supreme Court to take note of the probable lethal attack on my client’s life,
reputation & also lives of his family members as well as the people
associated with the organizations to which he offers his services.
26. That we urge all the
public communicators to immediately refrain from spreading malafide, false,
criminally defamatory & dangerous stories against my client & putting
him in life threat, failing which my client will be free to take further legal
steps as stipulated under all prevalent laws & Acts.
Place: Bhavnagar ,Gujarat
Date : April 21, 2014
(S. D. Jani)
Copy to:
1) The Hon, Supreme Court, New Delhi
Advocate
2) The Chief Minister, Gujarat
3) The Union Home Minister, India
