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UP: 3 Journalists Arrested for Reporting on Paper Leak Case as Attack on Press Freedom Continues -Manoj Singh

-TheWire.in

Two journalists from Hindi daily 'Amar Ujala' even claimed that during their arrests, the police manhandled their colleagues and vandalised their office.

Gorakhpur: Days after the Uttar Pradesh Board Class 12 English exam paper was leaked in Ballia district, the police have arrested three local journalists who reported the incident.

On March 30, the question paper for the Intermediate English exam was leaked and copies of the solved paper went viral on the internet, following which the exam was cancelled in 24 districts.

Ballia’s District Inspector of Schools (DIoS) Brajesh Kumar Mishra was suspended and later arrested in the matter. So far, a total of 34 people have been arrested in connection with the incident, including three scribes – Ajit Kumar Ojha, Digvijay Singh and Manoj Gupta.

To protest against the police action, several local journalists held a demonstration outside the Ballia police station. Many political leaders have also condemned the arrest of the journalists.

Two of these journalists – Ojha and Singh – are affiliated with Hindi daily Amar Ujala and have issued a statement about their arrest on social media.

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