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Handcuffing Seetaram condemned

Karnataka Bureau

KUWJ describes the incident as ‘an assault on democracy’

Bangalore: The Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) adopted a resolution condemning the handcuffing of director and chairman of Chitra Publications Pvt. Ltd. B.V. Seetaram.

In the resolution, the KUWJ termed the incident of handcuffing as “an assault on democracy” and sought immediate intervention of the Home Minister to ensure that the defamation case against the journalist was conducted as per law.

Meanwhile, several journalists will stage a protest in Bangalore on Wednesday under the banner of “Journalists for Media Freedom” against the arrest and handcuffing of Mr. Seetaram. The protest will be held in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue at 11 a.m.

In Udupi, the Udupi District Working Journalists’ Association deplored the arrest of Mr. Seetaram and the subsequent treatment meted out to him.

The Karnataka Pranta Raitha Sangha and the Students Federation of India (SFI) have condemned the arrest and the treatment meted out to him by the police.

Volunteers of the KPRS and SFI staged a protest demonstration and formed a human chain near Sri Krishnadevaraya Statue opposite the bus stand at Gangavati in Koppal district. In Shimoga, the Shimoga District Working Journalists’ Association said the manner in which Mr. Seetharam was arrested and paraded handcuffed by the police was not only undemocratic and inhuman but also a violation of human rights.

The Mysore District Journalists’ Association (MDJA) will hold demonstration in front of office of the Deputy Commission in Mysore on Wednesday to condemn the treatment meted out to Mr. Seetaram.

In Tumkur, nine prominent citizens and leaders of the PUCL on Tuesday urged Governor Rameshwar Thakur to advise Chief Minister B.S.Yeddyurappa on the Seetaram issue.

Applications filed

Advocate for Mr. Seetharam has filed advancement applications before the courts of JMFC (Judicial Magistrate First Class) II and JMFC III.

The advocate Vikram Hegde said the applications were filed to ensure that all the four cases filed against Mr. Seetharam in different police stations were taken up early.

He said this was done because the anticipatory bail applications filed by him had become infructuous as the police had already secured body warrant to arrest Mr. Seetharam in the four cases.

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