23 Apr 2010

2 journalists arrested in AMU gay professor case

Two journalists have been arrested on charges of breaching the privacy of gay professor S.R. Siras who was found dead in his home earlier this month.

The Times of India reported on Apr 19, 2010:

Adil and Siraj, journalists with a local TV channel, were arrested late on Sunday. The two along with another mediaperson filmed Siras in a consensual homosexual act with a rickshaw puller in his room in the AMU premises.

"Of the three journalists, two have been arrested. On the directions of the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court, a case under several sections of the IPC was registered against the three journalists and four AMU officials April 9," police Inspector Ghanshyam Singh told IANS.

"On the basis of the ongoing enquiry, we may make more arrests in connection with the case," he added.

Along with the three journalists, four AMU officials - Zubair Khan (proctor), Farheed Ahmad Khan (deputy proctor), Rahat Abrar (public relations officer), and NAK Durrani (media adviser) - were booked under various sections of the IPC.

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