Journalist threatened by BSP leader in Sonepat

A journalist of a Hindi daily in Sonepat has alleged that he was threatened by a BSP leader to stop filing stories against him and his party.

A journalist of a Hindi daily in Sonepat has alleged that he was threatened by a BSP leader to stop filing stories against him and his party.

Former MLA Dev Raj Dewan, however, denied that he had threatened Jatinder Saharan in his office on Sunday evening.

“Allegations levelled against me are baseless and even mischievous and politically motivated to malign me in the eyes of the BSP supremo and UP Chief Minister Mayawati,” Dewan told reporters.

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Dewan alleged that the journalist was publishing “baseless and false stories against him as well as the party.” The members of the District unit of the Patrakar Sangh and the Press Club in Sonepat on Monday called on the Deputy Commissioner and demanded the filing of a criminal case against Dewan.

They alleged that he had entered the office of the daily in Sonepat on Sunday evening and threatened the journalist with dire consequences if he did not stop publishing the false stories against him and the party.

The DC has assured the visiting journalists that necessary action will be taken on the issue.

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