Journalist tells SC that U.P. Police seeking digital footprint to dig out his Ram Temple donation case sources
The lawyer alleged that the police efforts were to unearth his client’s sources and to harass them
Independent journalist Abhishek Upadhyay pleaded with the Supreme Court on September 1, 2026, alleging that the Uttar Pradesh Police is seeking his digital footprint from June 1, 2026, to identify his sources in connection with a Ram Temple donation case. His counsel, advocate Anoop Prakash Awasthi, informed that the investigating officer has requested Mr. Upadhyay's digital footprint from the social media platform ‘X’, claiming it was done to investigate a road rage FIR registered against the journalist on August 18, 2026.
Mr. Awasthi alleged that the police's actions were aimed at uncovering his sources and harassing him, stating that all his journalistic sources would be exposed to state machinery. The court granted protection to Mr. Upadhyay from coercive action on August 25, and he urged the court to safeguard his work from harassment.
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