Video Journalist, Reporter Booked For 'Trespassing' To Capture PM Modi's Visuals During His Mumbai Visit

According to the complainant, the accused captured footage of PM Modi’s special aircraft and the Prime Minister himself through the flat's window for approximately 15 minutes.

New Delhi: A case has been lodged against a reporter and a video journalist from a news channel for allegedly intruding into a residence to shoot visuals of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from a building near the airport in Mumbai, news agency PTI reported.

The complainant, Mahesh Patel, a 61-year-old rickshaw driver, alleged that the duo forcefully entered his flat on the 11th floor of the Paywadi SRA Cooperative Society, located near the domestic terminal of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Vile Parle (East). Patel said that the duo claimed to have received permission from the housing society's secretary and security guard to film visuals of PM Modi. However, they entered his flat without his consent, by force, he said, reported the news agency.

According to Patel, the accused captured footage of PM Modi’s special aircraft and the Prime Minister himself through the flat's window for approximately 15 minutes.

A case was registered at Vile Parle police station under sections 448 (trespassing), 188 (disobeying public servant's orders), 323 (causing voluntary harm), and 34 (common intent) of the Indian Penal Code. However, no arrests have been made so far, a police official said.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Rajasthan’s Kotputali on Tuesday, slammed the opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc, asserting that this Lok Sabha election witnessed the alliance of “corrupt individuals” aiming to stop anti-corruption measures.

PM Modi further lambasted Congress leaders for issuing threats, warning that the country would face turmoil if the BJP secures victory. He emphasised his track record of resolving crises over the past decade and underscored the significance of the current election in safeguarding the nation's future.

“Modi has been extinguishing such fires for the last 10 years. This is the first election in which family-based parties are holding rally after rally to save their families,” PTI quoted PM Modi as saying.

Regarding developmental strides, the Prime Minister said that the progress achieved in the last decade merely scratches the surface, implying that substantial work remains ahead.