Sudarshan News editor Mukesh Kumar arrested by Gurguram Police over X post on Nuh violence

Mukesh Kumar, the resident editor of Sudarshan News, was arrested by police in Gurugram over his alleged inflammatory posts on social media related to the communal violence in Nuh and adjoining districts in Haryana.

Responding to Kumar's arrest, the TV channel, which had initially alleged he was "abducted" by some goons, termed it an attack on media freedom.

The Gurugram Police said he was arrested by the Cyber Crime, East Police Station. Six people were killed in the Nuh communal violence that erupted during a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession on July 31.

An FIR was registered against Kumar on August 9 under Sections 153B, 401, 469, and 505 (1) (C) of the IPC and Section 66-C of the IT Act.

According to the police, on X (formally Twitter), Kumar alleged a foreign media house has been making calls to the Gurugram Police Commissioner and pressuring her to take action against Hindus over the communal riots.