PTI – 2 hours 18 minutes ago
New Delhi, May 21 (PTI) The South Asia Media Commission has condemned the arrest of Mumbai journalist Tarakant Dwivedi, who exposed the faulty storage of weapons purchased after the 26/11 attack in the Railway Protection Force armoury.
In a statement on behalf of the Commission, noted journalists Kumar Ketkar and K K Katyal said that the "commendable job of investigative journalism" ought to have been regarded service to national interest.
"Instead, RPF slammed the provisions of the Official Secret Act (OSA) on Dwivedi booking him for alleged trespass of railway property and for spying", they said.
Observing that media has always been wary of misuse of OSA by authorities to cover their acts of omission and commission, it called for deterrent action against those responsible for the arrest and demanded safeguards for journalists against the abuse of OSA.
It is most unfortunate that the Indian Government allows all this to happen. Our prime minister is in the habit of apologizing after an event.
Why does he not care to see that the events do not occur.
Scams have occurred one after another, under his nose. He did not take action although it was pointed out to him. It was only when the courts took on the matter upon themselves to investigate that he was forced to take action.
Why does he allow things to build up to such an extent?
Why does not he hold an inquiry and demand explanation when the first smoke of a scam rises?
I suggest that Man Mohan Singh should also be put on the Times cover for being the Prime Minister with the most scams in his government.
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