FIR filed against Akhilesh Yadav, 20 others over assault on journalists in Moradabad
A few journalists were injured, one of them seriously, when SP workers and Akhilesh Yadav’s security guards allegedly attacked media persons.
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LUCKNOW: Acting on a complaint by a local journalist, the Moradabad Police has registered an FIR against the Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and 20 unidentified party leaders and workers who had allegedly heckled the media persons during a press conference in the district on March 11.
The FIR has been lodged under Sections 147 (rioting), 342 (wrongful confinement), and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the IPC against the SP chief and 20 others at Paakbada Police Station in Moradabad after local journalist association president Dr. Awadhesh Parashar gave a complaint to the SSP.
Bandi Sanjay Kumar condemns attack on journalists
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Bandi Sanjay Kumar | Photo Credit: BYARRANGEMENT
Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar condemned the attack on journalists at Bhainsa, and questioned the silence of the TRS government on the development on Monday.
Participating in the election campaign for MLC polls on behalf of party general secretary G. Premender Reddy at Bhadradri-Kothagudem, he also accused the government of neglecting the journalist community, especially during the peak of COVID-19 pandemic.
The poor of TS had already decided to support the party as has been evident during the Dubbak bypoll and GHMC elections and now it is up to the educated voters to make up their mind, he said. He reiterated that the welfare schemes being taken up in TS are all courtesy the Central government.
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February 18th 2021 at 10:42:08 GMT +0300
Rashidah Nakayi, a journalist working with Uganda’s Galaxy FM receives treatment after she was injured following an attack by security officials, outside the UN Human Rights offices. [Reuters]
The United Nations has condemned the attack meted on Ugandan journalists and civilians yesterday.
Video clips from Ugandan media showed police officers beating up journalists who had gone to cover opposition leader Bobi Wine as he delivered a petition on alleged human right violations to the United Nations Office in Kampala.
In a statement, the UN acknowledged that prior to the meeting, members of the Uganda Military Police used excessive force “to prevent a number of persons accompanying the NUP delegation from accessing the Human Rights offices.”