New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has expressed concern over an FIR filed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) against the newspaper The Tribune for running an article that allegedly exposed a data breach of the Aadhaar project.
In a press statement, the INS President Akila Urankar condemned UIDAI’s action “to have The Tribune reporter booked by the Police as it is clearly meant to browbeat a journalist whose investigation on the matter was of great public interest.” She added that the action is “unfair, unjustified and a direct attack on the freedom of the press.”
