TMC's Saket Gokhale Arrested, Party Alleges 'Cooked Up' Case On Tweet Over Morbi Bridge Collapse

Gokhale has been arrested in connection with his tweet over the Morbi bridge collapse incident.

Written By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 06 Dec 2022 12:11 PM (IST)

TMC's Saket Gokhale Arrested, Party Alleges 'Cooked Up' Case Over Morbi Bridge Collapse TMC's Saket Gokhale Arrested, Party Alleges 'Cooked Up' Case On Tweet Over Morbi Bridge Collapse

TMC national spokesperson, Saket Gokhale

Source : Twitter

TMC national spokesperson Saket Gokhale has been arrested on Monday by Gujarat police, informed TMC MP Derek O'Brien. The MP posted a Twitter thread to tell about the arrest accusing the BJP of taking a 'political vendetta by the BJP.

TMC national spokesperson @SaketGokhale arrested by Gujarat Police.

Saket took a 9pm flight from New Delhi to Jaipur on Mon. When he landed, Gujarat Police was at the airport in Rajasthan waiting for him and picked him up. 1/3
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) December 6, 2022

Brien said that at 2 in the morning on Tuesday, Gokhale called his mother and told her that they are taking him to Ahmedabad and he would reach Ahmedabad by noon today.

He added that the police let him make that one two-minute phone call and then confiscated his phone and all his belongings.

Blaming BJP for the arrest, the TMC MP said, "The cooked up case is filed with the Ahmedabad cyber cell about Saket’s tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse. All this cannot silence @AITCofficial and the Opposition. BJP taking political vendetta to another level Gokhale has been arrested for his tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse incident."

The cooked up case is filed with the Ahmedabad cyber cell about Saket’s tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse.
All this cannot silence @AITCofficial and the Opposition. BJP taking political vendetta to another level. 3/3
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) December 6, 2022

Gokhale has been arrested for his tweet on the Morbi Bridge collapse incident that killed 134 people.

The forensic science laboratory (FSL) report on the Morbi bridge collapse stated that the cable of the bridge was old and rusting away. The Investigating Officer (IO) also said that only the flooring of the bridge was changed and not the cables.