By Tanishka Sodhi / News Laundry
Lucknow Police arrested former News Nation journalist Anil Yadav over a complaint filed by another journalist against the Samajwadi Party media cell’s Twitter handle. Yadav was earlier in the news for his allegations that the channel had issued instructions to reporters to not be critical of the BJP and to bring in communal angles to reports.
Manish Pandey, the Lucknow-based resident editor of local channel News One India, had lodged a complaint on November 23 claiming that the SP media cell’s Twitter handle had been abusing him on social media. While police arrested Yadav in the early hours of November 25, alleging his role in the case, the party as well as the former News Nation journalist have denied the allegations.
“We found Anil Yadav’s involvement during the course of the investigation so action was taken based on the FIR. The investigation is still ongoing and under process,” Lucknow ACP (Hazratganj) Arvind Kumar Verma told Newslaundry. Asked if the IP address of the tweets were traced or if it was his mobile number that was found to have been connected to the Twitter account, Verma said he couldn’t reveal anything until the investigation was complete.
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