FIRs are now lodged to bully journalists, says Mamata on Aadhaar expose

January 10, 2018 23:38

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today alleged that FIRs are now being lodged against journalists to intimidate them if anything adverse is reported against certain people.

"Now if a reporter writes something, utters certain words, an FIR is filed and cases are lodged," the CM said at a programme.

"No national newspaper is now being allowed to write certain news reports and subjected to strong arm tactics," she said without elaborating.

She was apparently hinting at the Unique Identification Authority of India lodging a complaint against four persons, including a reporter of The Tribune who had filed a story on alleged breach in Aadhaar database.

The FIR attracted strong criticism from various media organisations and Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the FIR was against "unknown" and asserted the commitment of the Centre to the freedom of the press. -- PTI

Read the interview of the journalist who exposed Aadhaar

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