Hours after Janta Ka Reporter carried the story on how a former army Lt Colonel, RSN Singh, had insulted the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), on Times Now, a former RAW officer has come forward to call him a ‘fraudster.’
Singh, who is a frequent guest on several channels particularly on Times Now and Republic to air his bigoted views, is often identified by TV anchors as a former RAW officer.
However, a former RAW officer, RK Yadav, has come forward to rubbish his claims saying that Singh was never a ‘RAW man.’
This fraudster RSN Singh is not RAW man.
— R.K. Yadav (@rawrkyadav) September 4, 2017
Yadav wrote on Twitter, “The fraudster RSN Singh is not RAW man.”
Separately, a Indian Express too in the past had rubbished his claims as being a former RAW officer. According to the report, the man, known for his rabidly anti-Pakistan and anti-Islam views, is not from RAW at all.
“In fact, he’s not from R&AW but the army and was deputed to the agency on a brief stint. He was never assigned the Pakistan desk but was entrusted with looking after the Bangladesh army. He did not even complete two year tenure,” the IE report had said.
— R.K. Yadav (@rawrkyadav) September 4, 2017
Minutes after Janta Ka Reporter ran the story on Singh’s insulting comments for Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the channel’s editor-in-chief, Rahul Shivshankar was forced to issue ‘regret.’ Many felt that Shivshankar had simply refused to intervene to stop Singh from making derogatory comments.
Although the Times Now has now deleted the debate show in question, Janta Ka Reporter has accessed the full programme, where Shivshankar can be seen doing absolutely nothing to stop the bigotry of Singh.
One Times Now staff working on the desk in Mumbai told Janta Ka Reporter, “Rahul likes RSN Singh. We are often asked to get him for most of Rahul’s shows. So, clearly, what Singh said that night had Rahul’s blessings.”
Supreme Court lawyer, Sanjay Hegde, asked Shivshankar, “Would @TimesNow happen to know exactly how much time RSN Singh spent in RAW to qualify as an expert on all matters of internal security.”
Would @TimesNow happen to know exactly how much time RSN Singh spent in RAW to qualify as an expert on all matters of internal security. pic.twitter.com/fgMQsmmoaH
— SANJAY HEGDE (@sanjayuvacha) September 4, 2017
Another user with verified account on Twitter sarcastically observed, “Of course. Muslim hatred is the official editorial line of Times Cow. They’ll just go back to demonizing them as per usual. (sic).”
https://twitter.com/alokpi/status/904728874327482369
We will wait to see if Shivshankar indeed was sincere with his ‘regret’ for Singh’s insulting comments for Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He has an opportunity to walk the talk by never inviting so rabidly anti-Muslims even if he doesn’t end up behind the bars for his criminal act.