In January 2022, the Pushkar Singh Dhami government decided to release Rs 71.99 lakh to a Delhi-based magazine called Khabar Manak. The magazine didn’t officially exist yet. 

In fact, it was actually registered only six months later, according to the Press Registrar General of India’s records.

The receipt listed a phone number belonging to Archana Rajhans – who was once the chief editor of the magazine but now describes herself as a former journalist and often posts pro-Dhami content on her X profile. 

Reached for comment, Rajhans distanced herself from the publication. “I’ve worked at 25 places. One of them was Khabar Manak. I’m not responsible for anything there,” she said before refusing to answer further questions and blocking this correspondent on WhatsApp.

Curiously, there’s no trace of either the magazine’s owner Janardan Kumar or the magazine online, except a Facebook page Crime Dastak Reporters. 

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