Arrests – Journalists

A journalist based out of Bihar’s Jamalpur, Chaudhary was arrested by the local police on April 6 for allegedly spreading misinformation about a death caused by Covid-19 in the city. He was sent to a jail in Munger. He was sent to judicial custody in jail in Munger, Bihar. Chaudhary is from Keshopur locality, Jamalpur town under Jamalpur police station. SHO (Jamalpur) Ranjan Kumar said that Chaudhary had been found to be spreading rumours on social media.