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Case filed against journalist for attending press conference following daughter’s return from UK

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Police registered a case against a journalist for attending the press conference on March 20 of the then chief Minister of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, two days after the journalist’s daughter had returned from the UK. A few days later the journalist and his daughter tested positive for Covid-19.

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