Langa was arrested on Monday by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch after an FIR was registered against several individuals and entities, including a firm named DA Enterprise allegedly owned by the journalist’s cousin Manoj Kumar. The crime branch has alleged that the company is among 200 other entities which tried to evade paying GST and charged them with fraud. Police have argued that Langa was unable to explain the presence of Rs 20 lakh recovered from his home. Defending the journalist, Langa’s lawyer Vedanta Rajguru said the money was kept in case of emergencies and wasn’t connected to DA Enterprise. We do hope that no journalist anywhere is targeted for their work, and we expect the investigation to be conducted fairly and quickly.”

Source: The Hindu October 10, 2024 14:20 UTC