{"id":107747,"date":"2023-08-28T19:55:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=107747"},"modified":"2023-08-28T19:56:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:26:25","slug":"defamation-of-assam-rifles-a-legal-notice-demanding-apology-from-thounaojam-maheshwar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=107747","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Defamation of Assam Rifles: A Legal Notice Demanding Apology from Thounaojam Maheshwar&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-107712\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo_new-2-1-1-4-1-3-1-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"40\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Assam Rifles<\/strong><\/span> has sent <a href=\"http:\/\/Thounaojam Maheshwar, Republican Party\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Thounaojam Maheshwar, Republican Party<\/strong><\/span><\/a> of India (Athawale) national secretary, a legal notice, demanding an apology for allegedly \u201cdisgracing\u201d the country\u2019s oldest paramilitary force. Advocate Nitin Khera from the Shillong Bar Association sent the legal notice, citing that Maheshwar had made false and baseless accusations against the Assam Rifles at a \u201cCondolence of Meitei Martyrs\u201d meeting in Delhi on June 30.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107748\" style=\"width: 1578px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Defamation of Assam Rifles\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-107748 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/784a7182-3bb1-4174-a505-8bdc96cc39ee-e1693232495211.jpeg\" alt=\" Assam Rifles\" width=\"1578\" height=\"1050\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/784a7182-3bb1-4174-a505-8bdc96cc39ee-e1693232495211.jpeg 1578w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/784a7182-3bb1-4174-a505-8bdc96cc39ee-e1693232495211-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/784a7182-3bb1-4174-a505-8bdc96cc39ee-e1693232495211-1024x681.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/784a7182-3bb1-4174-a505-8bdc96cc39ee-e1693232495211-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/784a7182-3bb1-4174-a505-8bdc96cc39ee-e1693232495211-1536x1022.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/784a7182-3bb1-4174-a505-8bdc96cc39ee-e1693232495211-750x499.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/784a7182-3bb1-4174-a505-8bdc96cc39ee-e1693232495211-1140x759.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1578px) 100vw, 1578px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Defamation of Assam Rifles<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The leader had allegedly claimed that the Assam Rifles had been helping the Kuki militants in order to burn down a village defence force, and had further questioned the role of the Assam Rifles in the then two-month long ethnic violence. The legal notice stated that the Assam Rifles has been working diligently to ensure peace, security and development in various regions, including Manipur, and protecting the citizens and upholding the integrity of the nation, especially the Northeast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It noted that any form of slander or disparaging comment against the organization is unacceptable, and that the remarks made by Maheshwar had caused considerable harm to the Assam Rifles\u2019 reputation and standing in the public eye. The legal notice demanded that Maheshwar tender a formal apology to the Assam Rifles which must be published \u201cin prominent print and digital media outlets\u201d within 15 days, and to desist from making any further defamatory statements and remarks against the force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Defence sources confirmed that the Assam Rifles had been deployed in Manipur after being requisitioned by the state, with all actions carried out by the force being fair, impartial and for the welfare of all communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Assam Rifles has sent Thounaojam Maheshwar, Republican Party of India (Athawale) national secretary, a legal notice, demanding an apology for allegedly \u201cdisgracing\u201d the country\u2019s oldest paramilitary force. Advocate Nitin Khera from the Shillong Bar Association sent the legal notice, citing that Maheshwar had made false and baseless accusations against the Assam Rifles at a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"0","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[13206,13205,13207],"class_list":["post-107747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-east","tag-a-legal-notice-demanding-apology","tag-defamation-of-assam-rifle","tag-from-thounaojam-maheshwar"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}