Delhi Police Detain Two Journalists At Farmers' Protest Site In Singhu

Sunday, 31 January 2021Newsdesk

Two journalists covering the farmers' protests at Singhu (on the Delhi-Haryana border) were detained Saturday night, for allegedly misbehaving with police personnel stationed there. The journalists have been identified as Mandeep Punia and Dharmendra Singh, who was released after he signed an undertaking. Mr Punia was held overnight at the Samaypur Badli Police Station.

New Delhi, 31 January 2021

Mandeep Punia - a freelance journalist who contributes to the Caravan magazine - was presented before a magistrate at the Tihar Court Complex this morning, after being charged under multiple sections of the IPC, including those relating to the use criminal force on a public servant. The detention of the journalists - coming a day after police in the national capital filed yet another case against journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and others - for comments on the Republic Day tractor rally violence - has triggered a furious outcry.

Source -NDTV