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India summons Wikipedia officials over edits to cricketer’s page



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India has summoned executives of Wikipedia after a cricketer’s page on the online encyclopedia was edited with links to a separatist movement.
The country’s IT ministry made the order on Monday to seek clarification from Wikipedia executives over the incident.
A key IT minister publicly expressed his concern about the edits to the page of cricketer Arshdeep Singh, suggesting that some people from Pakistan were behind the act and were attempting to disrupt peace in the South Asian market.
The Wikipedia page of Singh, who had several lapses in a game between India and Pakistan on Sunday, was edited to incorrectly say that he had been selected to play for Khalistan …

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