Station Manager at Melauli FM, Laxman BC. and Marketing Manager Mangesh Dayal, received death threats over a news report on November 10 in Baitadi, Sudurpaschim Province of Nepal.
According to Station Manager BC., the online portal of the FM, Melaulikhabar.com had published a news story on October 26 about a person named Prakash Chand, who had been allegedly convicted of religious discrimination. The news was later published in other local and national media outlets.
Following this, Bhan Bahadur Chand, brother of Prakash Chand and health worker by profession repeatedly called the journalists and issued death threats, saying he would “see them wherever he meets them.”
Journalist BC. informed Freedom Forum that he plans to lodge a formal complaint at the District Police Office on November 13 and also inform the local administration about the incident.
Freedom Forum is concerned over the incident as it is violation of press freedom. The concerned is urged to approach Press Council Nepal for any dissatisfaction over published news rather than threatening journalists.
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