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Can copspose as journos to make arrest?


CAN THE police pose as journalists to arrest someone? Two weeks ago, the Special Task Force of the Kolkata police The Kolkata Police has the task of policing the vast metropolitan area of Kolkata, India. Mission
Observance of the following values is at the core of Kolkata Police's daily civil protective duties and criminal investigative functions:
 had posed as reporters, mingled with other scribes to seek an interview with Chhatradhar Mahato, the PCPA PCPA Pest Control Products Act
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 leader. When an unsuspecting Mahato appeared for the interview, guns were put on his head and the policemen whisked him away. The incident immediately provoked Maoists to accuse the accompanying scribes that they had deliberately helped the police to arrest Mahato. The Maoists were later convinced that the real scribes had also been duped by the police.

Kolkata Press Club, the Indian Journalists' Association and National Union of Journalists The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1907 and has 35,000 members. It is a member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). , who shot off a protest letter to CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, said the police action would put journalists to unnecessary risks. The government is still unmoved un·moved  
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Emotionally unaffected.


unmoved
Adjective

not affected by emotion; indifferent

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. It was nothing wrong for the cops to pose as scribes and arrest a wanted Maoist like Mahato, the state home secretary said.

The fallout has been immediate.

Maoists, who were too keen to give interviews to reporters visiting Lalgarh, now have stopped meeting scribes altogether.

Only telephonic interviews are being allowed.

The journalists remain a hapless lot now.

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Date:Oct 17, 2009
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