Against Misuse of Media's Credibility by Bengal Police
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Subject - Misuse of the credibility of Media by the Govt of West Bengal
Respectable Prime Minister
The West Bengal CID and Police have arrested a leader of lalgarh movement Chhatradhar Mahto posing themselves as media person. This is very objectionable as it is a misuse of the credibility and good name of the media. This is also an encroachment in the autonomy of Media.
In a democratic country like India, each and every institution has its own duties as well as each of them have been provided certain space, authority and liberty to execute their responsibility. No institution has any right to encroach the autonomy of other institution.
The media persons are visiting in various remote areas including "Disturbed" fields and they also have to meet with various people including any accused person to collect news and to expose various socio-political-economic conflicts of the society. The media has a credit to keep its sources secret and to not harm somebody during their news gathering process.
Therefore, the act of West Bengal Government through its CID and Police is totally unethical and unpermitable. It has created a big threat to the media persons especially for them who are visiting to various remote areas of so-called insurgency. Now, every body will suspect on the identity of even the real media persons and they will not co-operate them as well as some of the media persons may be attacked in suspicion of being a policeman or CID person.
We request you to take appropriate action against misuse of the credibility of the media as well as encroachment in the autonomy of media. We also urge to initiate a process to prepare a Law to prevent such misuse and to protect the autonomy of the media.
Subject - Misuse of the credibility of Media by the Govt of West Bengal
Respectable Prime Minister
The West Bengal CID and Police have arrested a leader of lalgarh movement Chhatradhar Mahto posing themselves as media person. This is very objectionable as it is a misuse of the credibility and good name of the media. This is also an encroachment in the autonomy of Media.
In a democratic country like India, each and every institution has its own duties as well as each of them have been provided certain space, authority and liberty to execute their responsibility. No institution has any right to encroach the autonomy of other institution.
The media persons are visiting in various remote areas including "Disturbed" fields and they also have to meet with various people including any accused person to collect news and to expose various socio-political-economic conflicts of the society. The media has a credit to keep its sources secret and to not harm somebody during their news gathering process.
Therefore, the act of West Bengal Government through its CID and Police is totally unethical and unpermitable. It has created a big threat to the media persons especially for them who are visiting to various remote areas of so-called insurgency. Now, every body will suspect on the identity of even the real media persons and they will not co-operate them as well as some of the media persons may be attacked in suspicion of being a policeman or CID person.
We request you to take appropriate action against misuse of the credibility of the media as well as encroachment in the autonomy of media. We also urge to initiate a process to prepare a Law to prevent such misuse and to protect the autonomy of the media.
389 Signatures
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Dr. Vishnu Rajgadia
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- This is time to demand for an Act to prevent such misuse of the credibility of media and to protect its autonomy
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Vishnu Rajgadia
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- This is time to demand for an Act to prevent such misuse of the credibility of media and to protect its autonomy
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Sanjeev Kumar
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- I am fully agree with the views of this petition. This is a crime of a so-called Left Government
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Rajendra Prasad
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- Protest it
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Amit Kumar Jha
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- I am fully agree with the views
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Kamal Agrawal
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- This is shame. I protest it
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Rajesh Gupta
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- Ye Behad Sharmnak harkat hai. Har nagrik iska virodh kare
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Nidhi Agrawal
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- This is the real face of the left govt
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A K Jain
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- Law is essentially required for safety and security of the media persons, who are covering such news for bringing truth before the public.
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Shail Bala
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- The PM of India shall must think on this issue immediately
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Md. Anwar Hussain
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- Its surprising to know that the police is misusing the identity of Media. The officials shall be punished for this crime
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Jitendra Kumar
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- We protest this misdeed of bangal police. The citil society shall raise its voice on this issue
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mukund
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- is tareke ka virodh ho, taki dobara koi patrkar bankar yesi harkat na kar sake
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Rohit Mahto
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- I support the views of the petition
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Sushila Singh
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- This is not a good practice to arrest anybody
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Javed Akhtar
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- I protest it
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Arun Tripathi
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- I agree with the petition
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Sanjay Singh
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- Why do the bengal police adopted a wrong way?
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Govind
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- Ye sarasar galat hua hai
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Raghavendra Prasad
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- Isaka Virodh hona chahiye
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Zahid Khan
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- Its wrong. Protest.
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Ashok Kumar
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- West Bangal Police ne yah bilkul galat kiya hai
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Maheshwar Sahu
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- पश्चिम बंगाल पुलिस की यह हरकत शर्मनाक है। सभी नागरिकों को इसका पुरजोर विरोध कराना चाहिए।
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Anup Kujur
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M. Prasad
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- I support
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Arun Barnwal
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- Mr. Manmohan Singh, pls take the issue urgent and set a commitee to prepare an Act to ensure the freedom of Press and to avoide such incident again
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Sandeep Pandey & Arundhati Dhuru
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Dr, M.P. Singh
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- The police has encroached the autonomy of Media. Its an issue of shame
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Prem Prakash Verma
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- Convenor, Jharkhand Alternative Development Forum, Ranchi
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muneeb haq
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- its a bad precedent.
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Aseem Shrivastava
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- Deception goes with cowardice.
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Narendra Kishore
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- The police or anybody have no right to use the identity of Media. The officials responsible for the same should be punished
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Satish Girija
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- Such action will lead mis-trust on journalists
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P.Chennaiah
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- threat to democracy and freedom of expression
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jyoti punwani
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Freny Manecksha
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Prof Om Damani
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Samta Bharti
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- I also protest it
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Vikas Sinha
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- बंगाल पुलिस की इस हरकत को सामान्य बात नहीं समझें। यह हमारे लोकतंत्र के लिए बहुत बड़ा खतरा है। अब से पहले कभी ऐसा नहीं हुआ कि कोई पुलिस वाला किसी पत्रकार का वेश बनाकर किसी को पकड़े। लेकिन अगर इस वक्त हमने जोरदार विरोध नहीं किया तो सभी पुलिस व खुफिया एजेंसियां ऐसे ही बहुरूपिया तरीके से अपना काम करेने लगेंगी। इससे मीडिया को हर जगह असुरक्षा और अपमान का शिकार होना पड़ेगा। देश भर के पत्रकारों को कोलकाता जाकर मुख्यमंत्री के सामने जोरदार प्रदर्शन करना चाहिए। एक प्रतिनिधिमंडल को प्रधानमंत्री एवं राष्ट्रपति से भी मिलना चाहिए।
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amit bhaduri
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Sanjay
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- Its not right. We shall oppose it
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Amar kumar
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- We demand apology from Mr. Budhdev Bhattacharya
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Jay Nandan
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- I do protest
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anand patwardhan
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- In Afghanistan one day before 9/11 the anti-Taliban fighter Ahmed Shah Masood was murdered by people who posed as TV journalists. This democratic abuse has been imitated by the West Bengal police
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Ayodhya Nath Mishra
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- लोकतंत्र में किसी भी एक संस्था को किसी दूसरी संस्था के कार्यक्षेत्र में हस्तक्षेप या अतिक्रमण का अधिकार नहीं है। पुलिस द्वारा मीडिया की साख के अतिक्रमण का कारण यह है कि खुद पुलिस ने अपनी साख खो दी है। पुलिस को अपनी साख बनाने की कोशिश करनी चाहिए न कि मीडिया की साख का दुरूपयोग करे। ऐसा हुआ तो मीडिया भी अपनी साख खो देगा। इसका विरोध होना ही चाहिए।
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Shiraz Ray
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- If the government feels that the arrest and torture of one Chhatradhar Mahato can drive fear into the hearts of the people he is fighting for, they are very much mistaken. All reactionaries are paper tigers.
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sandeep gadodia
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S.R.Darapuri I.P.S.(Retd)
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- It is a violation of the guidelines of the Supreme Court of India in DK Basu case in which it is mandatory for the offficers to declare their identity while making an arrest.. As such it amounts to impersonation and the police officers can be prosecuted for impersonaton and for making an illegal arrest.
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Nikhil Agarwal
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- Police in disguise of a journalist......now who will believe us - the journalists?
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dinesh rajgadia
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