Republic says bid to silence after reporters held for ‘trespass’ at CM Uddhav Thackeray’s house in Raigad

By: Express News Service | Mumbai |

Updated: September 10, 2020 8:29:23 am





The letter, sent to all major cable television operators on Thursday, warned that “if they don’t stop airing the channels immediately, they will have to face protests”.

Three persons, including two journalists with Republic Media Network, were arrested Wednesday for allegedly trespassing on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s farmhouse at Khalapur in Raigad district.

Slamming the police for “clamping down” on the right to report, Republic said that its “reporter Anuj Kumar, video journalist Yashpaljit Singh and Ola cab driver Pradeep Dilip Dhanavade have been taken into illegal police custody by the Maharashtra…

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