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Media staff targeted for criticising BJP government fear tax raid is escalation of coercion

Hardly anyone in India, even in Maharashtra, would have heard of a 48-year-old journalist called Shashikant Warishe. On February 6, when Warishe was filling petrol in his two-wheeler in Rajapur, he was “mowed” down, according to newspaper reports, by a vehicle driven by Pandharinath Amberkar. Warishe died the next day…

The Editors body urges the government to scrap the proposal saying it ‘will result in the censorship of the press’.

Three days after he was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court in a case filed against the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, journalist Siddique Kappan remains in jail. 

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan today in a case filed against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Kappan’s lawyer Mohamed Dhanish confirmed the news to Newslaundry.

In Uttar Pradesh, the process to verify journalist Siddique Kappan’s bail sureties has still not been completed, the journalist’s lawyer told the Hindu. Fifty days have passed since the bail sureties were provided.

A Lucknow sessions court today rejected journalist Siddique Kappan’s bail plea in a case filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The hearing had concluded earlier this month and district judge Sanjay Shankar Pandey had reserved verdict on October 12.

Police report pointed to a possible clash at the venue following objections raised by BJP

The Supreme Court on September 9 has granted bail to Mr. Kappan in other cases but the journalist continues to remain in Lucknow prison as he is yet to get relief in the PMLA case.