Web journalist held for ‘forcibly entering CIA office’

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 5

The city police arrested a web journalist for allegedly forcibly entering the office of Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) here on Friday. The journalist, identified as Sukhjit Verma, claimed to work with a web channel.

Rahul Dutta, constable, CIA department, stated that he was on checkpoint duty at the main gate of CIA staff. Sukhjit Verma came and said that he was going on upper floor of CIA office building. Constable didn’t allow him and asked that without permission he could not go. Verma told him that he was a press reporter working for a news channel. Moreover, he was allowed to go inside. He showed his ID card to constable and then pushed him and tried to enter the office. Constable Rahul Dutta claimed that he again stopped him and then he started recoding video on his mobile. Dutta informed senior officials and they seized ID card of Verma, which was expired on March 17. Ravi Kumar, Sub-Inspector at CIA staff stated that Verma interrupted the functioning of cops and forcibly went inside the office premises.

A case under Sections 353,186,419,420, 465,471 and 468 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against Sukhjit Verma.