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Hours after it came to light that a deputy director at the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) filed an FIR against The Tribune and its reporter Rachna Khaira, the Editors Guild of India condemned the action calling it an "unfair, unjustified and direct attack on the freedom of the press".
In a press release issued on Sunday, 7 January, the body said that UIDAI’s FIR is “clearly meant to browbeat the journalist whose investigation on the matter was of great public interest.”
The FIR was filed over an investigative report in The Tribune that revealed a racket which “sells” access to Aadhaar database of one billion Indians for as low as Rs 500.
Meanwhile, Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Manipal Global Education and co-founder of Akshaya Patra Foundation, countered the condemnation by the Editors Guild.
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