Alerts | Physical attack by authorities

A reporter of a private TV channel was threatened with death for reporting violations of social distancing rules in the Indian state of Bihar

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A reporter of a local TV channel, Priyanshu Kumar, filed a complaint with the police alleging that some people pointed a gun at him and threatened to kill him for reporting about violation of social distancing in town market in Samastipur district of Bihar.

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