Dhanusha based reporter at https://khabarhub.com/ Sumit Mishra was threatened over a news article on April 25.
FF Representative for Madhesh Province, Rajan Singh, shared that a news story titled "Nepali Congress Joint General Secretary Yadav's son involved in Bhatbhateni loot case" was published on Khabarhub.com on April 25. The news covers a theft at the Bhatbhateni supermarket complex, where individuals from a protesting group vandalized the complex and looted goods during the pro-monarchists' protest in Kathmandu on March 28.
"On the day of incident, a police official in district called reporter on phone and threatened him to immediately present himself at police station, asked for apology and remove the news from portal", said representative Singh quoting reporter Mishra.
In the threatening call, the police official also warned Mishra that he would file a case against him and arrest him if he did not abide by the order.
According to representative Singh, the news was published from the central desk of the news portal located in Kathmandu, Bagmati Province. Reporter Mishra has also clarified that he did not write the news.
Freedom Forum condemns the threat issued to reporter. The concerned one could complain at the Press Council Nepal if he had any objection to news content instead of threatening the reporter. The incident is an absolute violation of press freedom.
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