{"id":1792,"date":"2022-02-26T12:03:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T12:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2022-02-26T12:03:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T12:03:48","slug":"1792","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/26\/1792\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist arrested by Pithoragarh police for his murder case investigation report, charged with inciting caste hatred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist arrested by Pithoragarh police for his murder case investigation report, charged with inciting caste hatred<\/p>\n<p>B.D.Kasniyal<\/p>\n<p>Pithoragarh,<\/p>\n<p>The bail application of Kishor Kumar, a journalist working with a private news portal, and arrested by Pithoragarh district police in Uttarakhand on February 24 \u00a0for allegedly inciting caste divisions has been rejected by Chief Judicial Magistrate(CJM), Pithoragarh on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Kishor kumar, a journalist working with a private news portal, was arrested on February 22 by Pithoragarh police under IPC section 153 A,\u00a0charging him with inciting hatred among different sections of society during his investigations in a murder case and posting it online.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; The accused was arrested after police took cognizance of his wired reports, &#8220;said Likeswar Singh, Superintendent of Police (SP), Pithoragarh.<\/p>\n<p>The basis of arrest of Kishor Kumar is a viral video,in which he is investigating an alleged murder of one Prakash Ram that took place in Talli Bamori village of Didihat\u00a0 sub- division, on February 13th this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Asking about the caste and questioning the villagers with the intention of promoting enmity amongst various castes, is a violation of section 153 A of IPC,&#8221; said the police officer.<\/p>\n<p>Different groups of local journalists and social activists today met the SP, and demanded the release of Kishor Kumar and withdrawal of case against him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; It is gross violation of not only democratic journalistic norms, but also right to expression given to every citizen in our Constitution,&#8221; said Govind Singh Kaphalia, district secretary of CPI(ML) and a social activist in Pithoragarh town.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to move his bail application in sessions court, &#8220;said Nirmal Chaudhari, counsel of Kishor Kumar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist arrested by Pithoragarh police for his murder case investigation report, charged with inciting caste hatred B.D.Kasniyal Pithoragarh, The bail application of Kishor Kumar, a journalist working with a private news portal, and arrested by Pithoragarh district police in Uttarakhand on February 24 \u00a0for allegedly inciting caste divisions has been rejected by Chief Judicial Magistrate(CJM), &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,56,59],"tags":[270,271,160,102,185],"class_list":["post-1792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-politics","category-uttarakhand","tag-journalist-held","tag-murder-case-investigation-report","tag-pithoragarh","tag-uttarakhand","tag-uttarakhand-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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