Days after he was arrested for writing political satires which allegedly criticized the Congress authorities in Chhattisgarh, Raipur-based journalist Nilesh Sharma was on Saturday shifted to Bilaspur jail from Raipur, the police mentioned.
The Raipur police plans so as to add extra costs towards Sharma in reference to the pornographic content material discovered on his telephone, police officers mentioned, even because the arrest triggered widespread protest on social media.
Sharma, who’s the editor of on-line portal Indiawriters.co.in and its journal, was arrested by the cyber cell of the Raipur police on Wednesday. He had posted a collection of articles underneath a column titled ‘Ghurwa ke maati’. The fictional characters in these political satires allegedly resembled ministers and MLAs within the present authorities, as per a grievance filed towards him by a Congress employee.
In a press release launched on Saturday, Raipur police claimed that they’d discovered pornographic content material in Sharma’s telephone. “He was in contact with ladies concerned in prostitution. We additionally discovered objectionable conversations with folks,” a senior police officer mentioned.
Besides, the police additionally discovered confidential authorities paperwork and different papers on his cell phone. “It is just not doable to entry these papers with out assist from somebody from throughout the authorities. We are investigating who all had been working with him,” the officer added.
Meanwhile, journalists throughout the nation have raised questions over the state’s resolution to arrest Sharma over a political satire. The BJP has focused the ruling Congress on the difficulty. “We are going to question the government over the harassment of journalists. Where is the state’s law to protect journalists,” requested D Purandeshwari, BJP chief and in-charge of the state.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
