Kids Shivered in Biting Cold : Three Scribes Booked for a Report on UP Govt Event
As per the report, during UP Diwas celebration at a government school, children performed yoga out in the open in summer uniform, while the officials clad in winter wear remained seated inside.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government booked three journalists after they aired a news report on a local television channel alleging that the Kanpur Dehat district officials made government school children “shiver in biting cold” during an event to mark Uttar Pradesh Diwas on Sunday, January 24.
UP Journalists Booked for ‘Fake Report Showing Students Standing in Biting Cold at Govt Event
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A case has been filed in Kanpur’s Dehat District against three journalists of a local news channel for allegedly publishing a news report showing government school students exercising in their summer uniform – a half-sleeves shirt and shorts – in biting cold during an event last week.
In his police complaint, Sunil Dutt, the district Basic Education Officer, has alleged that the journalists were not present at the event, and they misrepresented the yoga and exercise programme that was conducted on Sunday to mark ‘UP Diwas’, the state s foundation day, reported
Three journalists in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur have been accused of "public mischief" and "criminal intimidation" in a first information report (FIR) filed against them over a news report, which alleged that several government school students "shivered in biting cold while government officials were busy with an event" last week.
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January 27, 2021 19:19 IST
FIR accuses the journalists of projecting that the officials were busy while the children shivered in cold.
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Children perform at a Uttar Pradesh Foundation Day function attended by State Minister Ajit Singh Pal at Kanpur Dehat district on January 24, 2021. Three journalists have been booked by the district police for airing news report “showing children of a government school shivering in cold” during the event. Photo: Facebook/@ajitpalofficial
FIR accuses the journalists of projecting that the officials were busy while the children shivered in cold.
Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district have booked three television journalists on charges of airing a “baseless” news report of children of a government school “shivering in cold” in knickers and cotton shirts during a drill at a public function on January 24.