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The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has taken action against certain social media handles for the way they reported the recent incident of Unnao murders. The Unnao police, on Sunday, lodged an FIR against eight Twitter handles and its users, including @themojostory run by senior journalist Barkha Dutt, on charges of spreading misleading information in connection with the recovery of the bodies of two minor girls in Baburha village of the district. We will not be silenced
Reacting to the FIR lodged against The Mojo Story, Barkha Dutt said she is ready to fight it and face it in court. The senior journalist also clarified that the journalistic principles of showing both sides of the developing story were followed in the Unnao murders of two minor girls and the FIR is pure intimidation.
Updated Feb 22, 2021 | 23:59 IST
The Twitter handles include news portal Mojo Story , led by senior journalist Barkha Dutt who termed the FIR a case of brazen harassment and bullying . Anand Kulkarni, Unnao Superintendent of Police | Photo Credit: ANI
Unnao: An FIR has been lodged against eight Twitter handles for allegedly propagating fake news in connection with the death of two girls here last week, police said on Monday.
The Twitter handles include news portal Mojo Story , led by senior journalist Barkha Dutt who termed the FIR a case of brazen harassment and bullying .
The case was registered at the Sadar Kotwali police station area in Unnao on Sunday against seven more Twitter accounts: Janjagran Live, Aazad Samaj Party spokesperson Suraj Kumar Boudh, Nilim Dutta, Vijay Ambedkar, Abhay Kumar Azad, Rahul Diwakar, Nawab Satpal Tanwar.
The Congress has condemned the registration of FIRs by the Uttar Pradesh government against political leaders and journalists for their tweets on the Unnao incident and demanded withdrawal of the cases.In a statement, Congress chief .
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âClear attempt at muzzling journalistsâ: DIGIPUB condemns FIR against Barkha Duttâs Mojo Story
The Unnao police have accused the news outlet of propagating fake newsâ over the death of two Dalit girls in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh.
A day after an FIR was filed against Barkha Duttâs
Mojo Story and seven other Twitter handles, the media platform is yet to receive a copy. âThey refused to hand us a copy of the FIR saying
itni jaldi kya hai?â Barkha said. âWe are trying to source the FIR at the local level the moment we have it we will seek judicial intervention.â