Editors' body condemns attack on journalists in Delhi

February 16, 2016 08:53

The Editors Guild of India condemned the attack by certain lawyers on journalists covering the JNU case in the court complex. "The Editors Guild of India took serious note of the assault on journalists and strongly condemns this attempt to intimidate the media through the threat of physical violence, and prevent the journalists from doing their job," it said in a statement.

First person reports from the reporters representing television news channels and the print media point to a physical assault by lawyers allegedly supporting the BJP who ordered them to leave the court premises where the case was being heard, the statement said.

The incident took place just before Jawaharlal Nehru University students union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on charge of sedition, was to be presented in a court in the Patiala House complex.

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