{"id":317619,"date":"2023-05-06T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/05\/06\/journalist-arrested-by-punjab-cops-after-road-accident-gets-bail-report\/"},"modified":"2023-05-06T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T15:32:00","slug":"journalist-arrested-by-punjab-cops-after-road-accident-gets-bail-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/05\/06\/journalist-arrested-by-punjab-cops-after-road-accident-gets-bail-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Arrested By Punjab Cops After Road Accident Gets Bail: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Journalist Arrested By Punjab Cops After Road Accident Gets Bail: Report\" alt=\"Journalist Arrested By Punjab Cops After Road Accident Gets Bail: Report\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/court-generic_625x300_1527245477936.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">A journalist who was arrested by the Punjab Police has been granted bail<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>A journalist who was arrested by the Punjab Police after a road accident while on an assignment has been granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Live Law reported.<\/p>\n<p>Bhavana Kishore of Times Now, who was involved in the accident, was taken away in a car by a policeman without the presence of women personnel, which is against well-established procedures, the Editors Guild of India said.<\/p>\n<p>The first information report (FIR) filed against the reporter with a police station in Ludhiana &#8220;appears excessive and with undue haste&#8221;, it said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EGI statement on arrest of Times Now journalist by Punjab police <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J4Hnk1SRIa\">pic.twitter.com\/J4Hnk1SRIa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Editors Guild of India (@IndEditorsGuild) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndEditorsGuild\/status\/1654805868108447744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The guild said given that the reporter was on an assignment, law enforcement agencies should have exercised due restraint with respect to detention and subsequent filing of FIR.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Women&#8217;s Press Corps (IWPC), the National Union of Journalists (India) and the Press Club of India (PCI) had also condemned the arrest of the reporter, her cameraperson and their car&#8217;s driver.<\/p>\n<p>The PCI termed the reporter&#8217;s arrest as a &#8220;blatant attack on the rights of a journalist&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We demand immediate withdrawal of fake and lopsided charges made against her by Punjab Police and seek Punjab chief minister&#8217;s intervention in this matter,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With inputs from ANI<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/journalist-bhavana-kishore-arrested-by-punjab-cops-after-road-accident-gets-bail-report-4011782\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A journalist who was arrested by the Punjab Police has been granted bail New Delhi: A journalist who was arrested by the Punjab Police after a road accident while on an assignment has been granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Live Law reported. 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