Arrested journalist has Cong affiliation

IN Media Watch Briefs | 30/10/2017

Perhaps because of the accusations against him of collusion with the Congress in framing a BJP minister with a sex CD, the cries of indignation in Delhi at least over the arrest of a journalist have become rather muted. Vinod Verma who was arrested a couple of days ago in Ghaziabad and then taken to Raipur by road says in this story that he is being framed:"It is a political conspiracy of framing me in a false case and arresting me since I am looking after the social media campaign of Congress Party in Chhattisgarh ” Verma told the Hindustan Times.

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