Jagran.com Editor Arrested for Publishing UP Exit Poll Results

On Monday, the EC had ordered an FIR against the publication and the polling agency for violating the poll code.

Dainik Jagran’s online editor Shekhar Tripathi was reportedly arrested late Monday night for poll code violation by Ghaziabad police. The Election Commission had ordered an FIR against the editors and management of the publication on Monday.

The daily violated EC norms by publishing an exit poll on their English website conducted by a company by the name of Resource Development International (RDI) Pvt Ltd, after the first phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh.