Court issues arrest warrant against newspaper’s MD for ‘fabricated’ news

Srinagar, Aug 01: A local court in Srinagar has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against the Managing Director of a Jammu-based newspaper for publishing a “false” and “fabricated” news report regarding the sale of question papers of Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board.
The news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reported that the Judge Small Causes Srinagar on Tuesday directed the police to arrest Mohit Mehra, Managing Director, Jammu Jottings, and produce him before SHO Sadder police station before August 22 in connection with the investigation of the case registered by police on the complaint of SSB.
The court issued the non-bailable warrant after SSB approached it, saying that the MD of the newspaper didn’t appear before police in connection with an investigation of the case despite three notices U/S 41 A CrPC being issued to him.
“The news item published is therefore false, fabricated and malicious, and aimed to tarnish the image of the Board. The act on the part of the daily newspaper has a sense of a conspiracy against the Board which has caused criminal intimidation and criminal defamation,” the SSB said.
It further said the report was without any iota of investigation and research and the same has the tendency to cause fear or alarm to the public.
(KNO)