One of the country's best wrestlers and Padma Shri awardee Bajrang Punia took to Twitter to criticise the arrest of independent journalist Mandeep Punia who was detained from the Singhu border on January 30 for allegedly “misbehaving” with a station house officer (SHO) on duty.
‘The same Supreme Court that held an emergency hearing for Arnab (Goswami) is now silent on the arrest of Manpreet Punia. Think about it, this is not correct for a democracy. Journalists’ voices should not be silenced like this. Why is democracy being changed into a dictatorship? Listen to the farmer’s voice, don’t suppress it,’ Bajrang said in his tweet.
अर्नब के लिए इमरजेंसी सुनवाई करने वाला सुप्रीम कोर्ट मनदीप पूनिया पर मौन क्यों है?यह लोकतंत्र के अंदर ठीक नहीं है,इस बारे में कुछ सोचना चाहिए पत्रकारों की आवाज ऐसे नहीं दबानी चाहिए लोकतंत्र को तानाशाही में क्यू बदला जा रहा हैं।आम किसान मजदूर की बात सुनों उसे दबाने का काम न करें। pic.twitter.com/8PTvPXybfC
— Bajrang Punia ???????? (@BajrangPunia) January 31, 2021
Mandeep Punia, who is a freelancer with The Caravan, was on an assignment to cover the ongoing farmers’ protest at Singhu. According to reports, while he was moving through barricades he was picked up a group of policemen forcibly along with another journalist Dharmender Singh.
A video widely shared online purportedly shows Punia being manhandled by police. The police claimed that Punia was detained for trying to dismantle the barricades.
Mandeep Punia being detained by police pic.twitter.com/gHZJ9KtUq0
— Sandeep Singh (@PunYaab) January 30, 2021
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