The Press Council of India (PCI) has issued notices to the Punjab government seeking a report on the arrest of a reporter and "preventing her from doing her journalistic duty".
TV journalist Bhawana Kishore and two others were arrested by Punjab Police on May 5 when their vehicle allegedly hit a woman, injuring her hand. She was released from a jail in Ludhiana on May 7, a day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted her interim bail.
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