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Tamil Nadu journalist who exposed pharmacy violations arrested

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A TV journalist named Damodharan who shot visuals of a pharmacy staff handing out medicines to patients without a doctor’s consultation at the Minjur Primary Health Centre in Minjur in Tamil Nadu was branded a “fake journalist” and arrested by the police.

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