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published Published on Jan 10, 2018   modified Modified on Jan 10, 2018
-The Telegraph

New Delhi: The Aadhaar issuer, which had lodged a police complaint against The Tribune newspaper and its reporter Rachna Khaira for a report on the sale of Aadhaar data, appeared to backtrack on Monday after a tweet by its minister.

On January 4, the newspaper had published a report saying racketeers were selling access to Aadhaar data for Rs 500, which would enable buyers to open fake bank accounts or get mobile connections issued in someone else's name.

In a complaint to Delhi police's crime branch the following day, the Unique Identification Authority of India accused the newspaper, reporter and three alleged racketeers named in the report of impersonation, cheating, forgery and violation of the Aadhaar Act and the IT Act.

The police converted the complaint into an FIR the same day but named only "unknown" people as accused. When the move came to light on Sunday, it triggered an avalanche of condemnation from the Editors Guild and several other journalists' associations, which alleged an attack on media freedom.

Police sources clarified on Sunday night that those named in the complaint were not being seen as accused but would be questioned.

On Monday, Ravi Shankar Prasad, who heads the electronics and IT ministry to which the UIDAI is attached, tweeted: "Govt is fully committed to freedom of press as well as to maintaining security & sanctity of #Aadhaar for India's development. FIR is against unknown. I've suggested @UIDAI to request Tribune & its journalist to give all assistance to police in investigating real offenders."

Soon, the UIDAI posted a tweet that suggested it no longer considered the newspaper or the reporter, whom it had accused of several crimes, "the real culprits".

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The Telegraph, 10 January, 2018, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/media-bully-backs-off-199751


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