Andhra Pradesh : Defamation case filed by Volunteer against Pawan Kalyan

Janasena chief Pawan Kalyans recent controversial remarks about volunteers have landed him in legal trouble, as a female volunteer has filed a criminal defamation case against him in the Vijayawada Civil Court.

The judge has taken the case into consideration, and the woman expressed her desire for justice not just for herself but also for others who may have been affected.

Lawyers representing the female volunteer filed the case under sections 499, 500, 504, and 505, urging authorities to investigate Pawan Kalyans comments and take appropriate legal action.Speaking to media, the female volunteer emotionally revealed that Pawan Kalyans alleged comments on the volunteer system deeply hurt her.She emphasized that she had not committed any wrongdoing, questioning why she should suffer from such remarks.As a widow, the lawyer explained that her volunteer job is her means of survival.

This comes after Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy led YSRCP government issued GO-Rt 16 granting permission to authorities concerned for the prosecution of Pawan Kalyan under Section 199 (4)(b) of the code of criminal procedure, 1973.For the unversed, during a public meeting in Eluru on July 9, Kalyan had said that the data collected by village and ward volunteers is being used by anti-social elements to “trap” or “kidnap” women in the state, linking it to alleged human trafficking from the state.

He had said the Andhra Pradesh Police could trace the whereabouts of only 14,000 women out of 29,000 women who had gone missing, and there was no clue yet on others.