Twitter Account Not Deleted, Not Tampering With Evidence: Ramani
5 years, 2 months ago

Twitter Account Not Deleted, Not Tampering With Evidence: Ramani

The Quint  

After this, she sought to show that Ramani was on good terms with Akbar before he joined the BJP – Akbar’s argument through his statement and the cross-examination has been that this political affiliation is why Ramani decided to make the accusation against him. Ramani said she couldn’t remember, and it was at this point that Akbar’s lawyer put forward the suggestion that Ramani had ‘deleted’ her Twitter account so that it would no longer be possible to see how she had made many positive comments about Akbar on the social media platform. Luthra questioned Ramani’s decision to deactivate her Twitter account, arguing that her decision to delete her Twitter account was an attempt to 'interfere with evidence’. She also said it was no longer possible to see the number of retweets that Ramani’s tweet from October 2018 had got.

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4 years, 4 months ago

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4 years, 10 months ago

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Firstpost  

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5 years, 4 months ago

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The Quint  

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5 years, 5 months ago

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Firstpost  

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Hindustan Times  

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6 years, 2 months ago

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Firstpost  

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6 years, 2 months ago

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Firstpost  

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6 years, 2 months ago

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Firstpost  

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6 years, 2 months ago

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The Quint  

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India TV News  

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