The Press Information Bureau (PIB) today cancelled the accreditation of Brajesh Kumar, who is the prime accused in the Bihar shelter home sex scandal case.
Kumar owned a newspaper each in Hindi, English and Urdu but it is alleged that circulation figures were inflated to gain greater slice of government advertisement revenue.
In an order, PIB, which comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, said, "It has been decided with the approval of the competent authority to cancel the PIB press accreditation of card number 2275 issued to Brajesh Kumar, correspondent, Pratah Kamal Hindi daily with immediate effect in view of his involvement in alleged criminal activities."
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