India, March 25 -- A group of journalists held a protest in Bhopal on Tuesday over the arrest of a scribe in an accident case, as his family alleged that he was trapped in a fake case for reporting "anti-government stories".

According to a first information report (FIR), an SUV, allegedly hit a transporter Sheikh Aqueel's two-wheeler near Vivekanand Colony under the Katara Hills police station limits March 20. Later, the occupants of SUV allegedly came out and thrashed Aqueel and demanded Rs.50,000 for damaging their SUV. Aqueel said the SuV driver named himself Kuldeep Sisodia.

Following the FIR, journalist Kuldeep Singoria, 42, former state digital head of a national Hindi news channel, was arrested on Monday night under sections 281 ...