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YouTuber arrested in Haryana, supporters protest: ‘Barged into woman tehsildar’s office, followed her to washroom with camera on’

State: Jammu and Kashmir

Year: 2023

Date: May 9, 2023

Source:

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/youtuber-arrested-haryana-supporters-protest-woman-tehsildars-office-followed-washroom-camera-8600156/

Arrests – Journalists

The Haryana Police Monday arrested a Karnal-based freelance journalist who runs a Hindi YouTube channel for allegedly barging into the office of a woman tehsildar and following her to the washroom with his camera on. The arrested journalist, Akarshan Uppal runs the YouTube channel IBN24.

Protesting against his arrest, calling it arbitrary and seeking his release from police custody, Akarshan’s wife Monika Uppal and many of his supporters protested outside the Karnal’s mini-secretariat in Sector 12 Monday night and assembled again Tuesday morning and continued to protest. They said he was arrested because he was highlighting the plight of people and questioning the district administration.

Aakarshan had allegedly barged into the office of a woman tehsildar in Karnal with a group of 40-50 people, alleging that their grievances were not being heard. He was doing a Facebook Live as he entered the office and started raising questions.