Committed to press freedom

After a police case was filed by the Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI against a newspaper reporter and others over a report that the Aadhaar database was vulnerable to misuse, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today clarified that the action was not meant to suppress freedom of the press.

“Govt. is fully committed to freedom of Press as well as to maintaining security & sanctity of #Aadhaar for India’s development. FIR is against unknown.

I’ve suggested @UIDAI to request Tribune & it’s journalist to give all assistance to police in investigating real offenders,”  Prasad tweeted. The Editor’s Guild of India has condemned the police case against the journalist, Rachna Khaira.