Which version to believe?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 01/12/2016

A reader points out that an incident of murder in Delhi was reported both by the Times of India and the Hindi paper Hindustan but the versions were very different. TOI said the young man killed his elder brother because of being asked to leave his home late at night to allow his brother and girlfriend to be alone. The Hindustan said he killed his elder brother because of repeated nagging by him to study more. Asks the reader, how is this possible when the source of news should be Delhi Police for both reporters?

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