Journalists call for Abhishek Bachchan's arrest

NEW DELHI, APRIL 16. The Delhi Journalists' Association (DJA) has demanded the immediate arrest of actor, Mr. Abhishek Bachchan, and two others for allegedly manhandling two city-based photo journalists during a film shooting here.

In a statement here today, the DJA general secretary, Mr. Ras Bihari, said Mr. Bachchan, the executive producer, Mr. Tanya, and cameraman, Mr. Sameer Arya, allegedly abused and manhandled Indian Express photographer, Mr. Mustafa Qureshi, and freelance lensman, Mr. Umesh Puri, during the shooting of Bas itna sa khwab hai on Sunday and damaged their cameras.

The immediate provocation for the attack was that Mr. Qureshi took some shots of Mr. Tanya allegedly beating some onlookers during the shooting.

- PTI

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