Madhya Pradesh Cop On Why Journalist Was Made To Strip

Friday, 8 April 2022newsdesk

After a picture of a journalist along with some people stripped half-naked at a police station in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district went viral, the police said that they were kept in custody in their underwear to "avoid any circumstances where they died by suicide".

New Delhi, 08 April 2022

As per news report of NDTV, Speaking to the reporters, SHO Manoj Soni said, "A photo that is going viral in which it is being said that all the people are journalists. I want to make it clear that all of them are not journalists, only one of them is (YouTuber). Rest are the friends, and relatives of the accused."The police officer informed that an FIR was registered against a man identified as Neeraj Kunder for "abusing famous personalities and politicians" on social media, following which a group of nearly 30 people including YouTuber Kanishk Tiwari, claiming to be a journalist, protested against his arrest.

Source - NDTV