Shelter rape fallout: Bihar to cancel accreditation of hundreds of newsmen

The state claims many of those targeted are working for dubious organisations; key accused Brajesh Thakur's name features in hit list

The Bihar government has moved to cancel press accreditation of hundreds of newsmen in the state and bring in a new system for granting the same, in a move seen as a fallout of the horrifying Muzaffarpur shelter home rapes.

According to sources, the state government has almost finalised the list of accredited journalists whose names are to be struck off. The number runs into hundreds, they claim. "Many of them work in dubious news organisations. Therefore, the state government would ask the press accreditation committee, which consists of journalists from leading newspapers, television channels and news agencies, to cancel such