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The Hindu
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Three journalists booked in Madhya Pradesh for reporting about man carrying sick father on cart

Raipur:

The Madhya Pradesh Police on Saturday booked three journalists hailing from Bhind on charge of airing “misleading and false” information while reporting about a man who took his unwell father to hospital on a handcart as ambulances were allegedly unavailable.

Anil Sharma from News18, Kunjbihari Kourav from Patrika, and N.K. Bhatele from Lalluram.com were charged under the sections of the Indian Penal Code related to cheating and causing public mischief and the relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2008. 

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