Scribe's arrest: Cong accuses BJP of squeezing press freedom

October 27, 2017 18:00

Training guns at the BJP over the arrest of senior journalist Vinod Verma on charges of extortion, the Congress today accused it of squeezing press

freedom and demanded immediate release of the scribe.

Senior Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken also demanded a judicial probe into the "serious sex-related allegations" against a Chhattisgarh minister, which, he added, were being investigated by the journalist.

He also demanded a judicial probe into allegations levelled by a Patidar leader in Gujarat that the BJP had bribed him to join the party.

Referring to Verma's arrest, Maken said, "The Narendra Modi-led central government and the Chhattisgarh government have been attacking, squeezing press freedom...We strongly condemn Verma's arrest and demand that he be released immediately and a judicial probe into the allegations against the state minister announced."

-- PTI

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