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Indian journalist arrested for covering protest on alleged financial irregularities - Committee to Protect Journalists

Dilwar Hussain Mozumder, an Assam-based journalist, was arrested for allegedly trespassing on a bank, a day after his bail in another case, according to his lawyer.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the government does not recognize reporters from digital outlets as journalists, questioning Mozumder's status.
The arrest followed a protest by Jatiya Yuva Shakti against alleged financial irregularities in the Assam Cooperative Apex Bank.
Press groups and the Editors Guild of India criticized Mozumder's arrest as an attack on press freedom, demanding his immediate release.

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Arrested Assam Journalist Granted Bail In Second Case

Arrested Assam journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumder was granted bail by a court on Friday, a day after he was re-arrested in a second case immediately after his release on bail in the first case filed by a bank official.

3 days ago·New Delhi, India

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Assam reporter arrested again after getting bail, CM claims he is ‘not a journalist’

Dilwar Hussain Mozumder was arrested in a second case filed by a bank official whom he had sought to ask questions about alleged financial irregularities.

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Indian journalist arrested for covering protest on alleged financial irregularities - Committee to Protect Journalists

New Delhi, March 27, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the arrest of journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumdar for reporting on a protest over alleged financial misconduct at a bank run by northeastern India’s Assam state government. On March 25, Mozumdar, a reporter with the local digital outlet The CrossCurrent, covered a protest outside Assam Co-operative Apex Bank, after which he was summoned to Panbazar police station in Guwa…

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Held after covering bank ‘corruption’ stir, Assam journalist booked under SC/ST act

Police arrested Dilwar Hussain Mozumdar within hours of reporting on a protest outside a bank whose chairman is CM Sarma.

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'Misuse of police powers': Gaurav Gogoi writes to PM, seeks probe into Assam journalist arrest

Guwahati, Mar 30: Senior Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate an enquiry into allegations of misuse of Assam Police in arresting a journalist, who was covering a protest against alleged financial irregularities in a state-run bank. In the letter to the PM, the deputy leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha also sought an independent probe into the alleged financial scam at the Assam Co-operative Apex Bank (ACAB…

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Shillong Press Club condemns Dilwar's arrest - Meghalaya Monitor

Shillong, Mar 28: The Shillong Press Club (SPC) on Friday finally came out with a statement condemning the arrest of Assam journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumdar. Mozumdar — who is the chief reporter at The CrossCurrent digital media organisation — was first arrested on Tuesday night and was re-arrested on Thursday on a fresh FIR lodged by the MD of Assam Co-operative Apex Bank. Read: Why are Meghalaya journalists silent on Assam scribe’s arrest? “T…

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