Journalist arrested while reporting in Sandeshkhali, sent to 3 days police custody

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A journalist is being arrested for being the voice of the mothers of Sandeshkali, a journalist is being arrested, Santu Pan was heard saying on camera before being taken to Basirhat Police Station by Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel...

Speaking to the media, Superintendent of Police (SP), Basirhat, Dr Hossain Mehedi Rehman IPS, said, We received a complaint this afternoon that a woman was shouting that when she was not properly dressed and eating, two employees ofR Banglabarged into the house and started recording..

We are keeping a close eye on the developments of this case.. Following Pans arrest, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had Tuesday issued a press release taking suo motu cognizance of a complaint filed by the wife of the arrested journalist..

In September last year, Debmalya Bagchi, a correspondent ofAnandabazar Patrika(ABP) in West Medinipur was arrested on the charges of assaulting a neighbour, a Dalit woman, under the stringent Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, which doesnt require an arrest warrant to take the accused person in custody...

B . Before that, in January 2023, Kolkata Police had registered an FIR against 10 journalists and the BJP state president Dr Sukanta Majumdar for their tweets on reports of stone pelting on Vande Bharat Express..

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