A hate crime was taking place inside a bungalow beside a busy street of a posh colony in Mumbai, the city that never sleeps. It was around 9:30 PM, when a helpless driver was being communally charged by a group of more than 25 communal criminal minded hateful fanatics- men, women and even children according to some eyewitnesses.
It could have been an illustrious case for the human rights groups which initially showed interest but backed off as surprises disrupted their moves.
Any brainwashed mind would presume that the mob must have been Hindu and the victim would be a Muslim. But the contrary was true- it was a communally and criminally charged Muslim group that was trying to lynch a Hindu driver on a false pretext.
Bollywood actress Ranveena Tandon's driver was the victim who was being beaten by a group of Muslims. The hateful mob had a catastrophic blame as their driving force- the driver tried to run over and smash a Muslim lady and her mother-in-law who they claimed of having suffered head injuries.
The communal Muslim mob was immediately called by these ladies and a team of more than 25 arrived immediately and started assaulting the driver. When Raveena Tandon came out to seewho barged into her house and created a ruckus. The Muslim side claimed that Raveena assaulted the Muslim females.
The police was called in by the mob who filed a complaint against Raveena Tandon and her watchman and driver that they first tried to run over the Muslim ladies, injured them and further assaulted them. The mob further alleged that Raveena Tandon was drunk driving.
The Muslim ladies videographed skirmish and then a lady vlogged that they were being assaulted by Raveena. The video spread like wildfire among the Muslim groups and further cascaded into other social media groups.
The police sought an explanation from Raveena Tandon who had a different story to tell. She clarified that she was not drunk and not even inside the car when it arrived. She came out to her corridor from inside her house.
Her driver further claimed that there has been no hit at all and he had carefully driven the vehicle into the house. The contradictory claims needed a crosscheck which was not very difficult.
"The complainant gave a false complaint in the alleged video. We checked the entire CCTV footage of the society and found that the actress's driver was reversing the car from the road into the society when this family was crossing the same lane. The family stopped the car and told the driver that he should check if people were behind the car before reversing and an argument started between them," - Rajtilak Roshan, DCP, Zone 9.
The police found that there was no head injury of the Muslim lady as was claimed. She was perfectly alright. As of the claim that Raveena and team had assaulted the mob, it was found from the video viralized by the mob itself, that Raveena and team were in only soft defensive mode and was begging the mob not to hit her. Indeed it was her and her team who were assaulted by the Muslim mob.
The CCTV installed at the balcony of the adjacent building clearly showed that the driver very carefully parked the car into the house and no lady was even touched. The video however clearly shows that a Muslim lady was maliciously trying to create a scandal and shouting blames and playing victim card from a distance.
Actress Raveena Tandon was confirmed by the Mumbai Police as not drunk and the CCTV footage showed her coming from inside her house and not what the Muslim mob claimed to exaggerate their scandal.
The Mumbai Police called both the parties to file the individual complaints. The Muslim party which was playing the drama so far, had already lost the ground and backed off. Raveena Tandon abstained from filing a complaint of harassment and false accusations. The Mumbai Police too didn't file any suo moto complaint that it generally does in case of communal incident.
Raveena Tandon, who has been voluntarily vocal to support crime-accused sons of Muslim Bollywood actors like Shah Rukh Khan, didn't receive any return favor.
