US EditionWho Is Bahubali Shah? Gujarat Samachar Co-Owner Detained by ED After Raids
- Enforcement Directorate detained Bahubali Shah, co-owner of Gujarat Samachar, on Friday following coordinated raids in Ahmedabad linked to him and his family.
- The raids and detention occurred amid increasing scrutiny of ED actions and come after Gujarat Samachar's critical editorial stance on the government and recent India-Pakistan tensions.
- Personnel from the Income Tax Department conducted raids lasting over 48 hours at various locations linked to Gujarat Samachar and its sister channel GSTV, during which they confiscated electronic devices and limited staff movement within the premises.
- Opposition figures such as Rahul Gandhi and Isudan Gadhvi criticized the detention, describing it as an effort to suppress independent journalism. Gandhi warned that shutting down the press jeopardizes democratic values.
- The detention has heightened political tensions and revived concerns about misuse of central investigative agencies against dissenting media voices in Gujarat.
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Who is Bahubali Shah, Gujarat media baron arrested in money laundering case?
The ED on Friday arrested Bahubali Shah, the co-owner of Gujarat's largest daily, Gujarat Samachar. The arrest has triggered a political storm in the state, bringing into spotlight a newspaper founded 92 years ago in 1932.
Enforcement Directorate detains Gujarat Samachar owner Bahubali Shah - Indiaweekly
BAHUBALI SHAH, one of the owners of ‘Gujarat Samachar’, was detained by the Enforcement Directorate on Friday (16), following a raid on their premises in Ahmedabad. Founded in 1932, Gujarat Samachar is one of the leading vernacular newspapers in Gujarat. Shah (73) is one of the directors of Lok Prakashan Limited, which owns the Gujarat Samachar, and his elder brother, Shreyansh Shah, is the managing editor of the daily. Tushar Dave, head of digi…
Modi govt using fear to silence media, says Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, May 16: Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday described the detention of Gujarat Samachar co-founder Bahubali Shah as a “conspiracy to suppress the voice of democracy.” He asserted that India would be governed not by fear or force, but by truth and the Constitution.“The country will neither be run by sticks nor by fear – India will be run by truth and the Constitution,” Gandhi wrote on X.He…
ED detains Gujarat Samachar director Bahubali Shah after raids
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday detained Bahubali Shah, one of the directors of Gujarat Samachar, a leading Gujarati-language daily, following raids at the newspaper group’s premises in Ahmedabad, reported NewsDrum. Bahubali Shah is a director at Lok Prakashan Limited, the company that owns Gujarat Samachar. His elder brother, Shreyansh Shah, serves as the managing editor of the newspaper. The ED’s action reportedly came sh…
Arrest of Gujarat Samachar owner part of BJP’s “politics of fear”: Rahul Gandhi - Kashmir Media Service
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Indian National Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi has condemned the arrest of Bahubali Shah, co-founder of Gujarat Samachar, one of India’s highest circulating dailies, calling it yet another attempt to stifle dissent in a democracy. According to Kashmir Media Service, Shah, the managing director of Lok Prakashan Limited—publishers of Gujarat Samachar—was arrested in Ahmedabad by the Enforcement D…
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