Journalist made false allegations of being looted at gunpoint, says Noida Police

In a shocking revelation, the Noida Police, which had probed on its own the alleged robbery of a TV journalist’s belongings, on Friday said that the accusations made by him are untrue.

This comes after Atul Agarwal, the editor-in-chief of Hindi Khabar, had written a Facebook post alleging a robbery of Rs 5,000 cash by five unidentified men around 1 am on Sunday while on his way home in Greater Noida (West), also known as Noida Extension.

While he did not file an FIR, Noida Police took suo motu cognizance of the incident based on social media posts.

However, after investigation, the Police have claimed that journalist Atul Agarwal had fabricated the story of being mugged for “family reasons”.

Senior officials visited the alleged incident site for inspection and after a due probe, it appears that no such incident of robbery as alleged took place, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Noida) Ankur Aggarwal told reporters on Friday.

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