News reporter Arvind Ojha, who works for India Today and Aaj Tak was abused and threatened on live TV by drug peddler Zaid Vilatra’s father.
Zaid has been arrested by the CBI for his involvement in the Sushant Singh Rajput case.
Ojha and his cameraman stood outside Vilatra’s residence and knocked on the door asking for his father to comment on the arrest.
The video which went viral on social media, has been condemned by netizens for the sheer invasion of privacy. Not to mention, the thrashing didn’t take long to become internet’s favourite meme.
Arrested Drug peddler Zaid’s kin attacks India Today’s reporter @arvindojha. Arvind tells what exactly happened, listen in.#ITVideo pic.twitter.com/2u4k4zGOWd
— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) September 2, 2020
Also Read: Who is Zaid Vilatra – drug peddler arrested by NCB in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case?
Here are some epic reactions to the video on Twitter.
Me: What can I buy in 100 rupees?
Starbucks employee: pic.twitter.com/Vgj8iWAazG
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) September 2, 2020
Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. And now spare us the sanctimonious tweets on the other channels. You’re all the same. https://t.co/7ePK7X84Wd
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) September 2, 2020
और कितना गिरोगे @IndiaToday ??? https://t.co/A5espe0J8g
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) September 2, 2020
Lol. The reporter thought that he is shooting for a Harpic advertisment. https://t.co/YCk1b8Pn48
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) September 2, 2020
.@IndiaToday Reporter: “imma bounce” https://t.co/0yQdES7Qlw
— Karan (@LordPanipuri) September 2, 2020
Bro, you’re not Lara Dutta. You can’t just get into someone’s washroom and ask him “Kya aapke toothpaste me drugs hai?” https://t.co/SeqtgrOw1H
— Kishan Jhunjhunwala (@Jhunjhunastic) September 2, 2020
Full WWE vibes. https://t.co/bxdyvgRxol
— Satyam. (@satyamonweb) September 2, 2020
The @IndiaToday reporter @arvindojha and cameraman trespassed into a private property, maybe to steal jewellery & cash. The property owner fights back. This case must be probed by CBI. https://t.co/Fl1ZQNRJf6
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 (@RoflGandhi_) September 2, 2020
Besides trespassing, why is reporter not wearing a mask? What if he was #covid positive? https://t.co/KA9HqO3pab
— Altaf Qadri (@AltafQadriAP) September 2, 2020
The Narcotics Central Bureau on the intervening night of August 27 and 28 carried out raids in Mumbai and two persons, namely Abbas Lakhani and Karn Arora were arrested, and the seizure of ‘bud’ (curated marijuana) was affected from their possession.
The official said that the detailed network analysis and the follow up investigation, uncovered the linkages of Lakhani with one Zaid Vilatra.
“After due procedure and taking evidence on record, Vilatra was apprehended,” the official said, adding that the NCB also recovered Rs 9.55 lakh and foreign currency $ 2,081, 180 British Pound and 15 Dirham was recovered from him.
The official further said that Vilatra disclosed the amount as proceeds of drug peddling. The official said, “During questioning Vilatra disclosed that he runs an eatery shop in Bandra, which was not giving any pecuniary gains since lockdown.”
The official said that Vilatra also disclosed that he is into drug peddling, especially bud, through which he used to earn a substantial amount of money. “Based on Vilatra interrogation, Parihar was made to join the investigation. It was learnt that linkages of Parihar with the earlier accused persons on preliminary inquiry based on the details submitted by the ED, were found,” the official said.
NCB source said that Parihar had connections with Samuel Miranda, who was also the close associate of Rhea Chakraborty. Miranda is accused of procuring drugs on the instructions of Rhea’s brother Showik.
The development comes days after the NCB registered a case against Rhea, her brother Showik, talent manager Saha, Sushant’s co-manager Shruti Modi, and Goa based hotelier Gaurav Arya under Sections 20 (b) 28, 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
The NCB registered the case after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) wrote to it on Tuesday after the WhatsApp messages between Rhea and Shruti Modi, Miranda and Pithani came to light.
