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Funding of NewsX channel will be probed: Dasmunsi
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) The allegations about the funding of about to be launched TV channel NewsX, from which Mr Vir Sanghvi recently resigned as CEO after some differences with the management, have been referred to the Finance Ministry to ascertain facts.
This
was
stated
here
by
the
Ministry
of
Information
and
Broadcasting
after
a
delegation
of
senior
electronic
media
journalists
and
news
editors
of
the
NewsX
called
on
Minister
Priyaranjan
Dasmunsi
and
told
him
that
they
were
meted
out
''shocking
treatment
at
hands
of
the
security
staff
and
other
persons
and
later
on
they
were
sacked.'' The
Ministry
said
that
it
did
not
want
to
interfere
in
the
Story first published: Friday, February 1, 2008, 21:04 [IST]