Rohtak, Oct. 13 -- The Binain Khap has warned of an agitation starting October 15 if the Haryana government fails to withdraw the FIR against a woman journalist and secure her release by October 14. The Khap alleges that her arrest, following a purported sting operation on the drug menace in chief minister Nayab Saini's constituency, amounts to an attack on press freedom.

Binain Khap president, Raghuvir Nain, announced that a mahapanchayat would be convened in Jind on October 15 to mobilise support from leaders of other khaps and chalk out the future course of action. He demanded that the government withdraw the FIR, alleging that an "undeclared emergency" had been imposed in the state.

Nain said the Binain Khap would first hold a meeti...