Indian govt to file case against journalists for wrong report

ITBP-SCRIBES


New Delhi, Sept 21 (PTI) Taking note of a "wrong" report
about Chinese firing at Indian border guards, Government has
decided to slap cases against two reporters of a prominent
national daily who authored it.

Police will register FIR within a week against the
scribes -- one based in Guwahati and the other in Kolkata,
Home Ministry sources said here.

The Indo Tibetan Border Police has already lodged a
complaint before the Delhi Police, saying the journalists have
filed a wrong story that two of its jawans were injured when
the Chinese Army fired at them from across the border in
Kerang in northern Sikkim earlier this month.

The news report, carried on September 15, was denied by
the ITBP saying no such incident had taken place anywhere
along the Sino-Indian border where the ITBP personnel are
deployed.

The External Affairs Ministry also came out with a
denial the same day, describing the report as "factually
incorrect".

India has been seeking to play down the recent reports
of Chinese incursions while maintaining that the situation was
not alarming.

New Delhi has also denied any increase in the level of
incursions and stressed that both countries were keen to
maintain peace and tranquility along the border. PTI ACB
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