BENGALURU: Actor Prakash Raj has reportedly been arrested and taken to a police station in Karnataka’s Bagalkot district after allegedly mocking Chandrayaan-3, India’s ambitious third moon mission, in a social media post. According to the police, actor Prakash Raj has a complaint filed against him for his role in the Chandrayaan-3 project. Hindu group leaders reported the actor to the Banahatti police station in the Bagalkote area and urged that something be done, they continued. On Sunday, the seasoned actor posted a cartoon of a man pouring tea wearing a shirt and lungis on the microblogging site X. He commented, “First view just arrived from Chandrayaan,” along with the photo when he shared it. Just asking for #VikramLander.Since then, Prakash Raj has seen significant reaction as a result of claims that the Chandrayaan-3 mission is connected to national pride. Prakash Raj emphasised on X that his statements were merely meant as a joke in response to backlash on social media. Hate only perceives Hate…Which Chaiwala did the Trolls see in a joke from #Armstrong Times honouring our Kerala Chaiwala? If you don’t get the joke, you are the target of the joke.GROW UP #justasking,” he wrote in a post. On August 23, at approximately 18:04 IST, the Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled to touch down on the moon, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Starting at 17:27 IST on August 23, 2023, live coverage will be available on the ISRO website, its YouTube page, Facebook, and public television station DD National TV. After the United States, Russia, and China, India will be the fourth nation in the world to accomplish this accomplishment, but it will be the only nation ever to touch down on the lunar south pole. The three main goals of the Chandrayaan-3 mission are to show a soft and safe lunar surface landing, lunar rover wandering, and in-situ scientific experimentation. The development phase of Chandrayaan-3 began in January 2020, and the launch was scheduled for some time in 2021. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, caused an unanticipated delay in the mission’s advancement. The Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched on July 14, 2023, at 2:35 PM from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, using the GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle.
