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A well-known Indian journalist was arrested Wednesday on charges of assaulting a federal investigator, a move that comes as the government faces new claims it is cracking down on the media.
Aniruddha Bahal, who works for the Web site Tehelka.com, was granted bail hours after he was arrested.
Last year, Bahal was one of the two Tehelka reporters who secretly filmed defense officials accepting bribes to push through a fictitious defense equipment deal.
The scandal was the first major crisis faced by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s government, and led to the resignation of the defense minister and the dismissal of the president of the ruling party.
