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Third FIR against Langa for ‘Rs 28.56 lakh fraud’ and ‘intimidation’

The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa has been booked in a third FIR for alleged fraud and intimidation based on a complaint from a business owner, the Ahmedabad police said in a statement after a press conference on Tuesday.

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Press bodies condemn FIR against Mahesh Langa, seek PCI intervention

Five press bodies have condemned the second FIR against The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa. Four of them have urged the Press Council of India to “perform its mandate of safeguarding the freedom of the press”.

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‘Investigative reporting will be extinct’: The Hindu editor, N Ram condemn FIR against Gujarat journo

Over four days after a second FIR was lodged against The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa, his colleagues took to X to condemn the police action and uphold “a journalist’s right to obtain and process a confidential or ‘sensitive’ official document in line with their work”.

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Gujarat journalist arrested in ‘GST scam’ case now booked for ‘possession of confidential files’

Mahesh Langa, a senior assistant editor at The Hindu, who has been in judicial custody in a case of alleged GST evasion since October 8, has now been booked for possession of documents related to the Gujarat Maritime Board, Indian Express reported.

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No guarantee of protection or change: What the stories of 3 journalists tell us this month

Journalism and journalists have made news this last fortnight.

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‘Don’t want any publicity’: Gujarat HC after Mahesh Langa withdraws plea

The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa has withdrawn his petition challenging his police custody in the Gujarat High Court.

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Gujarat journalist moves HC challenging police custody in GST case

The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa, who was arrested this week for alleged GST fraud, has approached the Gujarat High Court challenging a magistrate’s decision to remand him to 10-day police custody, according to Bar and Bench.

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GST evasion case: Lawyer of arrested Gujarat journalist points to ‘no transaction in his name’

A court in Ahmedabad has sent The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa, and the other accused in an alleged GST evasion case, to 10-day police custody.

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Gujarat journalist arrested in ‘GST scam’ case over ‘firm linked to brother’

Mahesh Langa, a senior assistant editor at The Hindu, was arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Tuesday in an alleged GST scam.

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Hafta 394: Release of Bilkis Bano's rapists, stabbing of Salman Rushdie, Rohingya refugees

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Mahesh Langa, senior assistant editor of the Hindu.

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