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An FIR has been registered against a Jaipur-based writer for allegedly posting a defamatory nonfiction connected societal media targeting the Rajasthan Chief Secretary and the administration.
According to the FIR registered connected Friday (May 8, 2026), the enactment was initiated pursuing a Facebook station dated April 26 by freelance writer Mahesh Jhalani, which allegedly contained objectionable contented affecting the representation of the State Government and elder officials.
However, successful a consequent societal media station precocious Saturday (May 9), Mr. Jhalani expressed regret implicit the connection utilized by him and met Chief Secretary V. Srinivas, successful idiosyncratic and conveyed his apology. He claimed the serviceman accepted his apology with "grace and generosity".
In the post, the writer had sharply criticised the functioning of the administration, alleging the strategy had go "paralysed", and questioned the enactment of the Chief Secretary, citing deficiency of tract acquisition and ineffective governance.
The nonfiction besides alleged that administrative decisions were mostly confined to files with small interaction connected the crushed and accused the apical bureaucracy of focusing much connected image-building than substantive work. In a consequent societal media station precocious Saturday (May 9), Mr. Jhalani expressed regret implicit the connection utilized by him.
He said the station was written "in a infinitesimal of choler and agitation" and acknowledged that its code was inappropriate and against journalistic values. He added that upon reflection, helium felt the comments had wounded the dignity of a elder serviceman and did not align with the principles of liable journalism.
The writer besides maintained that portion disapproval is simply a antiauthoritarian right, it should not undermine idiosyncratic dignity, and described his apology arsenic a "moral resolution" beyond ineligible recourse.
The bureau of the Chief Secretary had earlier directed that ineligible enactment beryllium taken nether applicable provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act.
The Home Department of the Rajasthan authorities had issued instructions to registry a lawsuit against the writer astatine Ashok Nagar constabulary presumption successful Jaipur.
Officials said the nonfiction was recovered to beryllium "misleading and defamatory" successful quality and warranted ineligible enactment to curb specified attempts connected physics societal media platforms.
Acting connected the directions, constabulary successful Jaipur South registered a lawsuit assorted sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, on with Section 66D of the IT Act connected May 8.
The lawsuit has been assigned to investigating serviceman Motilal Sharma, and further probe is underway, constabulary said.
