AR Rahman and Saira Banu announced their divorcement aft being unneurotic for 29 years. (Photo: AR Rahman/Instagram)
Composer AR Rahman, who precocious announced his separation from his woman of astir 3 decades, Saira Banu, has issued a cease and desist announcement to YouTubers and different societal media commentators, allegedly fabricating details astir the split. Via his ineligible representatives, Rahman shared his caller connection connected societal media connected Saturday. The eight-point letter, addressed to societal media platforms specified arsenic Facebook and X, called retired ‘busy bodies’ connected YouTube for coming up with ‘imaginary stories’ that are allegedly causing wounded to Rahman and his family.
Rahman asked the ‘hatemongers’ to region the objectionable content, failing which helium volition beryllium compelled to instrumentality ineligible enactment against them. His lawyer’s connection read, “1. My lawsuit fewer days backmost informed done his X (twitter) astir the dissolution of the marriage. 2. It indispensable besides beryllium informed adjacent the starring newspapers carried the quality arsenic good arsenic the associated connection of the mates citing affectional strain arsenic the crushed for their decision. My lawsuit had received overwhelming messages from each well-wishers expressing their sorrow and enactment astatine this hr of crisis. 3. While it is truthful that it is noticed immoderate of the societal media platforms and respective you-tubers person started a bid of calumny and defamatory write-ups astir the aforesaid with their ain concocted and fertile imaginary stories connected their backstage life. There were besides interviews by immoderate engaged bodies astir their ain position connected the nonaccomplishment of their matrimony life. It is unnecessary to reproduce each 1 of the statements that was dispersed crossed the social-media level which is intended to dispersed cognition and awareness.”
The adjacent conception of the connection noted the harm that specified imaginary stories are doing to Rahman’s reputation. “4. My lawsuit instructs maine to pass that determination is nary iota of information successful immoderate of the programs, interviews attributing obscene contents thereby intending to harm the estimation of my lawsuit and besides intended to beryllium hurtful to his family. This lone shows the societal media persons who mean to harm the estimation of my lawsuit are being contented starved for their productions and are inventing highly imaginary and mendacious stories to defame my lawsuit simply for their inexpensive abbreviated lived publicity. 5. The operators of specified platforms moving the societal media indispensable besides recognize that these stage-managed publications are motivated and are besides against the norms evolved by 1 of them which deals with maltreatment / harassment wherein the subscribers are warned that they whitethorn not stock abusive content, prosecute successful the targeted harassment of someone, oregon incite different radical to bash so. 6. My lawsuit informs the hatemongers and sharers of abusive contents to region the objectionable contented wrong the adjacent 1 hr and a maximum clip duration of 24 hours, helium volition beryllium advised to record due transgression defamation lawsuit nether Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and successful specified an lawsuit the offenders are liable to beryllium punished with an imprisonment of 2 years, with oregon without good arsenic the tribunal whitethorn find nether Section 356 (2) of the said Act.”
Notice to each slanderers from ARR’s Legal Team. pic.twitter.com/Nq3Eq6Su2x
— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) November 23, 2024
The lawyer noted that Rahman has instructed ineligible enactment beryllium taken against those who neglect to comply. “7. My lawsuit has instructed maine to record an due defamation suit against anyone who has contributed to specified mendacious contented to immoderate media successful an due civilian tribunal arsenic good arsenic to get a anterior restraint connected immoderate specified work by immoderate media platform. 8. This announcement is specifically addressed to individuals and entities operating connected platforms including, but not constricted to, YouTube, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and online quality portals. Non-compliance volition effect successful ineligible enactment astatine your ain outgo and peril.”
Rahman had announced his divorcement connected societal media, with the pursuing statement, “We had hoped to scope the expansive thirty, but each things, it seems, transportation an unseen end. Even the throne of God mightiness tremble astatine the value of breached hearts. Yet, successful this shattering, we question meaning, though the pieces whitethorn not find their spot again. To our friends, convey you for your kindness and for respecting our privateness arsenic we locomotion done this fragile chapter.”
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