A delegation of the Brahmapur Press Club met DIG of Police, Southern Range, Amitabh Thakur on Monday and submitted a memorandum to him demanding immediate arrest of the miscreants who were involved in the incident of attack on a working journalist in a hotel at Purushottampur on September 19 night.
Mention may be made that a group of miscreants brutally attacked Correspondent of Samaj Sadasiba Panda in the hotel near a wine shop at Purushottampur, for which an FIR was lodged in the local police station by the victim. But no tangible move to nab the culprit has yet been taken by the local police.
The Odisha Union of Journalists delegates who met the DIG threatened to sit on dharna if the miscreants are not arrested immediately.
The delegation also demanded provision of adequate security to all working journalists of the district. The delegation was led by Press Club president Jayabardhan Das and Ganjam District Journalists’ Union president Prakash Panigrahi.
When this correspondent contacted Purushottampur police atation IIC Bijay Sahu, he said all the three accused have already been arrested and were forwarded to court on Sunday. The accused were identified as Bulu Gouda, Kabi Jena and Bauribandhu Behera. However, the Ganjam SP was not available over phone for comment on the issue.
While condemning the incident, former Assembly Deputy Speaker Rama Chandra Panda said the civil society is absolutely scared of criminals and liquor mafias in the district and the district law and order machinery should deal with them with iron hands.