New Delhi: Milli Gazette journalist Pushp Sharma, who quoted a “fake” RTI reply to a query under the RTI Act to publish a report that said the Ayush ministry was denying jobs to Muslims, was arrested by the Delhi police on Friday.
Pushp Sharma is accused of fabricating an RTI reply in his controversial report which claimed that the Ayush ministry, as per government policy, does not recruit Muslims.
Earlier, the Ayush ministry filed a formal complaint with the Delhi police asking them to probe the alleged “fake” RTI reply which Sharma quoted to allege that the Centre discriminated against Muslims in the process to select yoga teachers for International Yoga Day and his statement that he has proof that all the RTI replies in his possession are authentic.
The ministry has rejected the purported “fabricated and mischievous” RTI reply which had claimed that the Centre does not recruit Muslims in the ministry as a matter of policy.
The Ayush ministry noted with anguish certain mischievous misinformation being spread in certain sections of media and social media quoting a reply to an RTI by mentioning a fabricated draft as Annexure I to that letter, which has never been issued by the ministry of Ayush or any of its agencies, the ministry said. “The ministry strongly condemns this piece of misreporting,” it said.
