Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee today alleged that FIRs are now being lodged
against journalists to intimidate them if anything adverse is
reported against certain people.
"Now if a reporter writes something, utters certain
words, an FIR is filed and cases are lodged," the CM said at a
programme here.
"No national newspaper is now being allowed to write
certain news reports and subjected to strong arm tactics," she
said without elaborating.
She was apparently hinting at the Unique
Identification Authority of India lodging a complaint against
four persons, including a reporter of The Tribune who had
filed a story on alleged breach in Aadhaar database.
The FIR attracted strong criticism from various
media organisations and Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
said the FIR was against "unknown" and asserted the commitment
of the Centre to the freedom of the press.
PTI
