Deccan Chronicle: New Delhi: Sunday,
May 15, 2016.
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journalist Pushp Sharma, who quoted a “fake” RTI reply to a query under the RTI
Act to publish a report that said the Ayush ministry was denying jobs to
Muslims, was arrested by the Delhi police on Friday.
Pushp Sharma
is accused of fabricating an RTI reply in his controversial report which
claimed that the Ayush ministry, as per government policy, does not recruit
Muslims.
Earlier, the
Ayush ministry filed a formal complaint with the Delhi police asking them to
probe the alleged “fake” RTI reply which Sharma quoted to allege that the
Centre discriminated against Muslims in the process to select yoga teachers for
International Yoga Day and his statement that he has proof that all the RTI
replies in his possession are authentic.
The ministry
has rejected the purported “fabricated and mischievous” RTI reply which had
claimed that the Centre does not recruit Muslims in the ministry as a matter of
policy.
The Ayush
ministry noted with anguish certain mischievous misinformation being spread in
certain sections of media and social media quoting a reply to an RTI by
mentioning a fabricated draft as Annexure I to that letter, which has never
been issued by the ministry of Ayush or any of its agencies, the ministry said.
“The ministry strongly condemns this piece of misreporting,” it said.
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