Before the legal system could do its work, social media convicted Riya. #JusticeforsSR -like hashtags were used to create a nectar. BJP MP and actress Kangana Ranaut was also among those who raised the most voice. Who is an independent woman herself. He called Riya a ‘Gold Digar’.
Former journalist and now BJP leader Pradeep Bhandari played an important role in this slander campaign. He along with his former boss harassed Riya and her family and claimed to ‘fight for justice’.
News anchor Navika Kumar, who once claimed to be a ‘proof filled bag’, could not give any evidence to the CBI.
The media trial was not limited to character abuses only, but it went on to stereotype on the basis of Riya being a Bengali woman. He was accused of doing black magic from the studio. The news channels run the absurd graphics and sensational headline, cashing on for centuries -old prejudices.
Now the question is whether all these people will apologize to Riya Chakraborty and his family?
