New Delhi: A shocking incident of a journalist being stripped by the police has come to light in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh. The journalist was humiliated and arrested along with artists and others by the police in the district.
Taking note of the incident, the National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ) and the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) today demanded immediate release of the arrested and a time-bound inquiry, “not just a hogwash”.
In a joint statement, these journalists’ bodies condemned the stripping, humiliation and arrests of the journalist, artists and others by the police “in an arbitrary misuse of power” and called for an immediate halt to such incidents.
The incident they felt was most shameful and a colourable exercise of power.
They called for the widest unity on such issues, and welcomed the timely statements by various bodies including the Editors Guild of India, Press Club and the Indian Women Press Corps in this regard.
-global bihari bureau
New Delhi: A shocking incident of a journalist being stripped by the police has come to light in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh. The journalist was humiliated and arrested along with artists and others by the police in the district.
Taking note of the incident, the National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ) and the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) today demanded immediate release of the arrested and a time-bound inquiry, “not just a hogwash”.
In a joint statement, these journalists’ bodies condemned the stripping, humiliation and arrests of the journalist, artists and others by the police “in an arbitrary misuse of power” and called for an immediate halt to such incidents.
The incident they felt was most shameful and a colourable exercise of power.
They called for the widest unity on such issues, and welcomed the timely statements by various bodies including the Editors Guild of India, Press Club and the Indian Women Press Corps in this regard.
-global bihari bureau
