Journalist Threatened

Editor-in-Chief of Kannada investigative news platform The File, G. Mahantesh, has allegedly received abusive and threatening phone calls after publishing reports on Siddhartha Vihara Trust, linked to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s family.

According to statements issued by the Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) and Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka, Mahantesh was allegedly threatened with physical assault following publication of the reports on September 8 and 9.

Mahantesh approached the police with a complaint over the threats, but the cops allegedly refused to register an FIR and instead recorded NCR No. 556/2026 and told the senior journalist to approach the court for further proceedings.