Chennai police vs media, Kumbh cover-up, Telangana caste survey

Chennai police vs media, Kumbh cover-up, Telangana caste survey | South Central Ep 13

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#kumbhstampede #telangana #chennai Celebrate our 13th birthday: https://rzp.io/rzp/1hPI3GwLSM In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna and Leena Reghunath are joined by Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande and The News Minute’s Sudipto Mondal and Jahnavi. Manisha talks about Newslaundry’s ground report on the real death toll at the Kumbh stampede last week, and how the ‘official’ death toll is significantly lower. “We accessed hospital records that show at least 79 bodies were brought in from the Kumbh stampede,” she says. Dhanya questions the mainstream media’s lack of coverage. “But why have more people not demanded these numbers? That is what really puzzles me,” she says. Pooja adds that governments “want to set world records for attendance at these events, but basic crowd control measures are missing”. The conversation moves to Chennai police summoning journalists and seizing their devices over the coverage of the Anna University sexual assault case. They discuss how “downloading an FIR in itself is not a crime” and how this was made clear in this case by retired Justice Madan Lokur, who wrote the SC guidelines on how to report on rape. Leena highlights the broader legal implications: “Courts have given mixed rulings on the seizure of journalists’ phones, but this raises serious concerns about press freedom and police overreach.” Jahnavi then breaks down the findings of Telangana’s recently conducted caste survey. “The government claims they’ve enumerated 97 percent of the population, but the numbers don’t match Aadhaar or voter ID records,” she says. Sudipto critiques the lack of transparency: “A caste survey is supposed to reveal the socio-economic status of different groups, but this government has only released broad percentages. Without real data, how can policies be made?” This and more, tune in! Subscribe to Newslaundry: https://www.newslaundry.com/subscription?ref=social Join the #FightToBreathe: https://rzp.io/rzp/T4Ob0FCb Contribute to our Sena project: https://www.newslaundry.com/nl-sena/the-hindu-rashtra-project Download the accessible Newslaundry app: https://www.newslaundry.com/download-app Join us on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va61PEo0QeacOqU9vr2k Follow and engage with us on social media: Facebook: https://facebook.com/newslaundry Twitter: https://twitter.com/newslaundry Instagram: https://instagram.com/newslaundry

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