Des Ki Baat: Journalist Who Exposed Roti-Salt Meal In UP School Dies Of Cancer

Des Ki Baat - May 5, 2022: Uttar Pradesh journalist Pawan Jaiswal, who was in 2019 charged with conspiracy for filming students at a government school in Mirzapur eating rotis with salt as their midday meal, today died after a prolonged battle with mouth cancer. The journalist was struggling to pay for his treatment and there were several public appeals in the past month from journalists to crowdfund for his medical bills.

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