VIEWS & OPINIONS - Should Rakhi Sawant should be arrested and TV channel banned?

There’s trouble brewing for Rakhi Sawant, as a contestant on her show 'Rakhi Ka Insaaf' allegedly committed suicide after suffering abuse on the show. An FIR has been lodged with the Jhansi police against TV star Rakhi Sawant and three others in connection with the death of a youth allegedly of acute depression after participating in a reality TV show 'Rakhi Ka Insaaf". FIR under sections 504 (insult intended to promote breach of peace), 306 (abetment of suicide) and 120 (cheating) IPC has been registered at Prem Nagar police station of Jhansi on the complaint of the mother of the deceased Laxman. As per the complaint by the mother, Savitri Devi, a local scribe Raunak Ali and two others (Satish Misra and Anju Sandhya) contacted Laxman to participate in the show for resolving his marital dispute with Anita whom he had married in February this year. "We reached the Goregaon studio in Mumbai on October 13 where Anita, her parents and another person were already present and during the programme Rakhi publicly humiliated Laxman, shouted at him and termed him as impotent", the mother said in the complaint. Laxman's uncle Balbir, who had accompanied the deceased, was also humiliated and serious charges were levelled against him, the woman charged adding that when they objected to it they were threatened by the bodyguards and subjected to foul language. 

Suresh Acharya, Business

There is no point in condemning both of them. Reality shows are cheap and people getting into it should know what to expect. It’s meant for cheap people like the ones we are seeing here and also for a cheap audience. I don’t see any point in showing compassion on any of them. This is nothing but a publicity stunt by the channel just to remove any doubts from the minds of public that it is not a reality show. But public is not a fool to fall trap to these types of publicity stunts of the channel to increase the TRP of the show. All the characters in the show are professional strugglers and C grade artists of the acting industry and controversies shown in the show are scripted stories. I appeal to all the general public not to write any comment about the show by taking it as a reality show otherwise you will help the channel to achieve its purpose to fool the innocent people of the Nation. Very very shameful on the part of channel for producing and showing such kind of indecent and cheap show with all the vulgarity which can not be watched with your family members.

Audrey D’Silva, Student

She is mean bitch doing for cheap popularity. She should be arrested for murder. Rakhi Sawant has crossed her limits, she should be arrested and sent to prison on the basis of mental torture & public humiliation, defamation acts against a person resulting in death. Rakhi ‘kaun sa dhoot ka dulla hai’. She has no right to comment on any person. Yes, she could condemn the atrocities faced by his wife and advise accordingly. But she cannot insult a person in public like that.

Vijay Prabhu, Service

The participant is not enough having courage to prove is not what she called the moment she expressed impotent. If he displayed his pole would she not use such unconstitutional and unfair language in the episode which is watched by several lakh people across the world? So program producer and script team must take care about such kind of things would do not appear again next time and also respect everyone within the framework of the society in an acceptable manner. No one is above the moral, ethics and principal of the society. Her life is not good and how can she speak about others and criticize. What morale she is having. Now a day a lot of reality shows broadcast these kinds of absurd programmes on national and regional Channels. They should be particular in broadcasting programmes which would not hurt anyone and must produce such programs for the fun, entertainment and awareness purpose that should not lead to suicide or some other kind of crime.

Premanand Shetty, Business

Rakhi Sawant should be publicly sentence in a street Court for the crime and the TV Channel which produced and aired should immediately be closed by the government. That is what TV media is capable of? It is the media that should be tried in court. I happened to watch one of her episodes recently and was shocked to hear her way of speaking. Except GOD, none has the right to judge anyone. In fact our conscience is GOD, so all of us should go according to that and life would be smooth. What right has Rakhi to pass such lewd comments? Both she and the serial should be banned. It does no good to the viewers.