Sudarshan News editor arrested by Gurguram Police for tweeting false information on Nuh violence

Mukesh Kumar, the resident editor of Sudarshan News, was on Friday arrested by the Gurugram Police for tweeting false information in connection with the communal violence in Haryana, PTI reported.

The violence erupted in Nuh on July 31 after a Hindu procession organised by the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad was attacked by a Muslim mob. The violence left five people dead, including two home guards and a Bajrang Dal member, and quickly spread beyond Nuh. Hindu mobs went on a rampage in Gurugram in particular, torching a mosque in Sector 57 and killing its teenaged imam.

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Kumar alleged on August 8 that Al Jazeera, the Qatar-funded media organisation, has been making calls to Gurugram Police Commissioner Kala Ramachandran and putting pressure on her to take action against Hindus over the violence.

“And after calls from the deputy commissioner, she is forced to pick up Hindu activists from anywhere,” he alleged while asking Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to take note of his claims.

Sequence of events:

1. Sudarshan News' resident editor Mukesh Kumar @mukeshkrd claimed that Gurugram police acted against 'Hindu activists' due to pressure from Al Jazeera news channel.

2. @gurgaonpolice Filed an FIR against him for falsely...

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