Mumbai scribes protest cop action on DNA lensman, Dhaka journalist

  • | Wednesday | 8th August, 2018

"We have demanded immediate action in both cases," said Dharmendra Jore, chairman of Mumbai Press Club. Around 150 journalists and photographers from the Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh, Bombay News Photographers Association, Crime Reporters Association and Mumbai Press club gathered outside Mumbai's Press Club to express solidarity. Various press organisations in Mumbai gathered together on Tuesday to protest police brutality meted out to two photojournalists – DNA's Pravin Indrekar from Ahmedabad and Shahidul Alam in Dhaka. The locals who belong to a De-notified Tribe called the Chharas, said those arrested were not involved in bootlegging. Journalism students also joined the protest.

Various press organisations in Mumbai gathered together on Tuesday to protest police brutality meted out to two photojournalists – DNA's Pravin Indrekar from Ahmedabad and Shahidul Alam in Dhaka. Around 150 journalists and photographers from the Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh, Bombay News Photographers Association, Crime Reporters Association and Mumbai Press club gathered outside Mumbai's Press Club to express solidarity. Journalism students also joined the protest. "We have demanded immediate action in both cases," said Dharmendra Jore, chairman of Mumbai Press Club. Indrekar was beaten, along with several lawyers and students, in Chharanagar (Ahmedabad) while he was reporting on police crackdown on illegal liquor sales in the area on the night of July 26. The locals who belong to a De-notified Tribe called the Chharas, said those arrested were not involved in bootlegging. They complained of frequent police brutality.

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