Taking suo motu cognisance of an incident in which a journalist was allegedly beaten up by police in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, the Press Council of India has set up a fact-finding committee and sought a reply from the State Government, among others.
The fact-finding committee, comprising Jaishankar Gupta and Uttam Chandra Sharma, Members, Press Council of India, will visit Shamli on Saturday to ascertain the details of the incident.
The Press Council of India (PCI) has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged attack on Amit Sharma of News 24 channel, at Shamli, a PCI statement said.
It has sought reply from the chief secretary, director general of police, the Uttar Pradesh Government, and the Senior Superintendent of Police, GRP, Shamli. The council expresses concern over such incident, which tends to undermine the freedom of press, the statement said.
