Mahantesh, the founder and editor of online portal The File, told TNM that the publication will not divulge information of the source of the story to the police.
The Bengaluru Police issued a notice to the founder of a digital investigative news organisation on Thursday, January 5, asking him to reveal the source for a story related to a scam in the recruitment of high school teachers published in November last year. The Cyber Crime Police issued a notice to Mahantesh, the founder and editor of the online portal The File based in Bengaluru. The Karnataka Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested 60 people in connection with the scam in September 2022. The police notice was issued in connection with a follow-up story published by The File in November of the same year.
Refusing to divulge his sources, Mahantesh, the founder and editor of The File, in his response to the police said, “It is not the ethics of journalism to divulge the name and details of a source who gives information about a scam, illegality, malpractice, maladministration.”
The notice issued by the Cyber Crime police inspector said, “A complaint has been received regarding the leaking of documents from the education department and accordingly a case was registered by the Cyber Crime police station. Regarding the case, on 10 November 2022, the documents related to the education department were published on ‘The File’. It is hereby directed that the information of the persons who handed the documents to…
