Times Now reporter Bhawana Kishore mows down Dalit woman-remanded to police custody till May 19
Times Now reporter Bhawana
Kishore mows down Dalit woman-remanded to police custody till May 19
A bizzare incident comes to light of Times Now reporter Bhavana Kishore who was working on investigative report from Punjab was apprehended by the Punjab local police for allegedly mowing down a dalit woman amidst her news coverage.
Times Now reportedly had released a report called ‘Operation Sheesh Mahal’ based on the official bungalow of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
On May 5, news came to the fore Bhavana’s detention by the Punjab police for allegedly mowing down a dalit woman over a road accident.
However, the claim was ruled out by the channel who released a video to note that she wasn’t driving. The channel editor claimed that the AAP government was intimidated for exposing Arvind Kejriwal.
Times Now in its report revealed that Bhavana Kishore was arrested and wrongly implicated in an SC-ST case by the Ludhiana police. Bhavana was arrested while she was on her way to report the inauguration of Mohalla Clinics by AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal.
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Taking to Twitter, AAP leader Atishi Marlena informed that the court found the TV reporter guilty and sent her to custody till May 19. She took a dig at the channel and wrote, “BJP and Times Now channel are anti-Dalit. Do they not trust the court?”
Strongly reacting to the case BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga hit out at the Punjab police and the governance of the Aam Aadmi Party. He claimed that last year he was kidnapped by the police and this year the same is repeated with a reporter of a news channel.
BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga tweeted that last year
on 6th may Punjab Police kidnapped me on the instructions of @ArvindKejriwal. Today on 5th may Punjab Police kidnapped @TimesNow woman reporter Bhavna Kishore for exposing Kejriwal Sheesh Mahal. Punjab Police failed to stop drugs in Punjab but dancing on instructions of Kejriwal (sic),” Bagga tweeted.
Channel cries wolf with ‘AAP ka Badla’
Times Now reported the news updates with the headline ‘AAP ka Badla’ and also saw respective journalists tweeting under the hashtag ‘Sheesh Mahal Badla.’
Navika Kumar, Editor-in-Chief Times Now, demanded the Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal to release the reported immediately.
Pointing out that the reporter wasn’t driving the vehicle, Navika tweeted, demanding for the release of Times Now reporter Bhawana Kishore
detained by DGP Punjab Police for the last 7 hours – accused of an accident when she was not driving a car. This is serious intimidation of the media.
The tweet was addressed to
Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal.
News input KV Raman
