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Apology from high and mighty can’t replace accountability: Madras HC

Apology from high and mighty can’t replace accountability: Madras HC

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Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav criticised preacher Dhirendra Shastri for alleged controversial remarks about Lord Krishna and Lord Ram’s father, and said he should be barred from entering Uttar Pradesh. The criticism was made on Wednesday in Lucknow. In response, Bageshwar Dham head priest Dhirendra Shastri issued an apology, posting a video message from Nairobi on Monday in which he said he never intended to cause offense over his comments on Lord Krishna.

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    CHENNAI: Questioning an early morning swoop on the house of an economist and nabbing him over a social media post, which later turned out to be made from a fake account, the Madras High Court observed that an apology and intervention by the Chief Minister cannot substitute for police accountability…

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CHENNAI: Questioning an early morning swoop on the house of an economist and nabbing him over a social media post, which later turned out to be made from a fake account, the Madras High Court observed that an apology and intervention by the Chief Minister cannot substitute for police accountability…

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