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Ahmedabad Collector bans 3 news channels after Tehelka sting

Ahmedabad, Oct 26: As a fall out of the Tehelka sting operation on post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, three television news channels were banned by Ahmedabad Collector, who is also the District Election Officer, on the ground that it might incite violence in the communally-sensitive district.

The Ahmedabad District Collector Dhananjay Trivedi has banned broadcast of Aaj Tak and CNN-IBN for an indefinite period as telecast of this programme might incite violence in the communally-sensitive district, official sources said.

Later, the ban was also imposed on NDTV in the district as a precautionary measure, the sources added.

The ban on television channels is limited to Ahmedabad district while no other Collector has taken such step, the sources informed.

The District Collector had sent a letter to cable operators of the city to stop telecast of the channels.

Sources in the State Election Commission said EC has not given any such order to ban television channels and the decision was taken independently by the District Collector.

Bureau Report

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go to www.tehelka.com to read the reports of sting operation.

spycam videos can be watched here >>

http://tehelka.com/story_main35.asp?filena...ycam_videos.asp

They are in hindi but hopefully you guys will understand what is being said.

Reposts in english >>> http://tehelka.com/story_main35.asp?filena...7gujrat_sec.asp