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Criminal cases against scribes condemned

Staff Reporter

Resolution passed at an emergency meeting

KARUR: The Karur Press Club has unanimously and in unequivocal terms condemned the filing of criminal cases on Saturday against 18 members of the press corps here following a complaint given by a worker in a bus coach building unit.

A resolution passed at an emergency meeting of the Club pointed out that the act of the police in filing a First Information Report listing charges including criminal trespass, holding out a threat of murder and use of foul and offensive language on the basis of a complaint that was given by an employee of the coach building unit as a crude attempt to throttle the voice of the media.

Claiming that the media personnel who went to cover a fire at the bus coach building unit here on Friday were threatened in fact by those at the unit, the members called upon the authorities to book the real culprits.

The meeting also adopted a resolution condemning foisting of cases even against those who were not present at the scene of activity.

‘Withdraw cases’

The Tiruchi Press Club has condemned the filing of criminal cases against 18 journalists of Karur based on a complaint given by a worker in a bus coach building unit.

In a resolution, the club said the journalists who went to cover a fire at the bus coach building unit here on Friday were threatened and abused by those at the unit.

But based on a complaint filed by an employee of the unit, cases have been filed against journalists.

The club demanded the withdrawal of the cases against journalists and action against the culprits who had threatened the media persons.

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