Fabricating Rti Reply

A Delhi court today sent to 14 days' judicial custody a journalist for allegedly fabricating an RTI reply and publishing a news report claiming that the government had been discriminating against Muslims in their recruitment as yoga trainers in the AYUSH Ministry.

Delhi Police has arrested journalist Pushp Sharma for allegedly fabricating an RTI reply to publish a news report claiming that the government was discriminating against Muslims and denying them jobs of yoga trainers in the AYUSH Ministry.

The AYUSH ministry on Saturday expressed "anguish" at the mischievous misinformation being spread in a section of media and social media and termed as "fabricated" a purported RTI reply that had claimed that the central government does not recruit Muslims in the ministry as a policy.

A Delhi court today sent to 14 days' judicial custody a journalist for allegedly fabricating an RTI reply and publishing a news report claiming that the government had been discriminating against Muslims in their recruitment as yoga trainers in the AYUSH Ministry.

Delhi Police has arrested journalist Pushp Sharma for allegedly fabricating an RTI reply to publish a news report claiming that the government was discriminating against Muslims and denying them jobs of yoga trainers in the AYUSH Ministry.

The AYUSH ministry on Saturday expressed "anguish" at the mischievous misinformation being spread in a section of media and social media and termed as "fabricated" a purported RTI reply that had claimed that the central government does not recruit Muslims in the ministry as a policy.