Itanagar, Oct 13 (PTI): Members of the pressfraternity here lodged an FIR today against two academiciansof National Institute Technology (NIT) for allegedly sayingthat newspersons demanded money to write in favour of them.
Their remarks were allegedly taped by students duringa meeting and circulated on social media, a joint release bythe Arunachal press organizations said here today.
A team of media persons, led by Arunachal Press Club(APC) President Chopa Cheda, visited the NIT today to inquireabout the incident.
Soon after the visit, they filed a complaint againstassistant registrar Taba Tadhe and assistant professor DrSwarnendu Kumar Chakraborty with Doimukh police station,police said.
An official of Doimukhi police station said thecomplainants had been asked to submit a copy of the clip forfurther investigation into the matter.
"If they have evidence (of journalist asking formoney), they should prove it. Leveling a blatant allegationagainst media fraternity without any substance is highlycondemnable and uncalled for," Cheda said.
The fraternity, in its joint FIR, had sought the helpof police to find out the truth.
"We are ready to accept criticisms but it should bebased on facts and figures," he added.
The APC, Arunachal Pradesh Union of WorkingJournalists (APUWJ) and Arunachal Electronic Media Association(AEMA) made an appeal to people here to report incidents wherea journalist asks for money to write about anything. PTIUPLRMS.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.