Various social orgnisations under the banner of the Milita Kriyanushtan Committee, Brahmapur condemned the attack on a working journalist in Kendrapada and demanded stringent action against the ‘errant’ SP.
“It is not a first case that a working journalist was attacked by police. Earlier, scribes had been assaulted at Sambalpur, Puri and Bhuaneswar. It is shocking that the Kendrapada SP, who is supposed to be the protector of common people, acted as a goon and attacked a reporter on duty. The Government must take stringent action against him,” said Rajendra Kumar Pandey, Abani Gaya, Anant Mohanty, Manoj Kumar Tarai in a statement.
Meanwhile, the National Union of Journalists, Odisha has sent a memorandum to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik thought the Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Southern Division, seeking action against SP Niti Sekhar.
NUJ, State unit president Rabi Rath and Ganjam unit president Jagan Mohan Mohapatra undersigned the memorandum.