In a statement released today, the Editors Guild of India demanded that Agra-based journalist Gaurav Bansal be “treated fairly” by the state administration and released immediately.
According to a report in the Indian Express, police said that Bansal, 39, was arrested on March 15 after he reached a counting center in Agra on March 8 and alleged that EVMs were being replaced, amid polling for the UP assembly. The journalist was also accused of misbehaving with policemen.