The Ahmedabad police statement came a day after five press bodies had condemned the second FIR.
The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa has been booked in a third FIR for alleged fraud and intimidation based on a complaint from a business owner, the Ahmedabad police said in a statement after a press conference on Tuesday.
Langa had promised to get positive media coverage for the complainant’s business, the statement said. The journalist was allegedly given Rs 23 lakh to purchase a corporate office, and Rs 5,68,250 as payment to a banquet hall for his wife’s birthday party, claimed the statement.
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