The Editors Guild of India on Monday demanded the release of journalist Mandeep Punia, who was arrested on Saturday while covering the clashes at the farmers’ protest site at Singhu border. The association said that Punia’s arrest was an attempt to muzzle the voices of independent journalists who were busting fake news.
Punia, a freelancer and contributor to Caravan magazine, was accused of abusing with a station house officer on duty at Singhu. On Sunday, a court in Delhi rejected his bail plea petition and sent him to judicial custody for 14 days. Another journalist – Dharmender Singh from Online News India – was also picked up by the police but was released on Sunday morning.
The Editors Guild expressed concern over the action against Punia. “The Editors Guild of India is deeply concerned over the incarceration of freelance journalist Mandeep Punia who was reporting on the farm protest from Singhu border,” the association said in a statement. “Punia’s…