GURUGRAM: MCG councillor from ward 10 Sheetal Bagri was once caught up in a controversy when rumours that she had tried suicide started doing the rounds on social media teams within the city on Saturday morning.
Later within the day, Sheetal blamed her opponent Prashant Bhardwaj, who misplaced the civic polls to her, for the rumours and threatened felony motion.
It all started when messages started flashing on social media teams, pronouncing, "Mangat Ram Bagri's daughter-in-law has consumed poison and tried to end her life on Saturday morning."
As the scoop unfold, Sheetal held a press conference to elucidate that not anything of the sort had happened and alleged the rumours had been unfold through Prashant. "The whole thing was orchestrated to defame my family and specifically my father-in-law and hurt his political career. Bhardwaj had earlier also taken jibes at me and my family during the civic election campaign, however we never expected him to stoop so low," she stated.
The councillor now plans to move court docket towards Prashant for defamation and harassment.
"The rumours caused worry and tension among our friends and family members. We are consulting our lawyers and will definitely take legal action against him for spreading the rumours," stated Sheetal, who was once one of the vital applicants in race for the mayor's submit.
She also accused Prashant of framing her spouse's father in "false illegal liquor businesses" some months back.
When contacted, Prashant stated he by no means posted on social media platforms it was once the councillor who had tried the suicide. "I was talking about the suicide attempt by Mangat Ram's nephew who was admitted to a city hospital and a case has been registered at Sector 9 police station," stated Prashant, who contested the MCG elections as an unbiased candidate.
Mangat Ram, however, stated no such incident had happened in his circle of relatives.
Later within the day, Sheetal blamed her opponent Prashant Bhardwaj, who misplaced the civic polls to her, for the rumours and threatened felony motion.
It all started when messages started flashing on social media teams, pronouncing, "Mangat Ram Bagri's daughter-in-law has consumed poison and tried to end her life on Saturday morning."
As the scoop unfold, Sheetal held a press conference to elucidate that not anything of the sort had happened and alleged the rumours had been unfold through Prashant. "The whole thing was orchestrated to defame my family and specifically my father-in-law and hurt his political career. Bhardwaj had earlier also taken jibes at me and my family during the civic election campaign, however we never expected him to stoop so low," she stated.
The councillor now plans to move court docket towards Prashant for defamation and harassment.
"The rumours caused worry and tension among our friends and family members. We are consulting our lawyers and will definitely take legal action against him for spreading the rumours," stated Sheetal, who was once one of the vital applicants in race for the mayor's submit.
She also accused Prashant of framing her spouse's father in "false illegal liquor businesses" some months back.
When contacted, Prashant stated he by no means posted on social media platforms it was once the councillor who had tried the suicide. "I was talking about the suicide attempt by Mangat Ram's nephew who was admitted to a city hospital and a case has been registered at Sector 9 police station," stated Prashant, who contested the MCG elections as an unbiased candidate.
Mangat Ram, however, stated no such incident had happened in his circle of relatives.
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