Journalists March Against ‘Police Inaction’ at Patiala House Court

Hundreds of journalists marched against the attack on media persons at Patiala House complex.

Journalists display placards at a protest march from Press Club of India to the Supreme Court in protest against the Mondays attack on media persons and JNU students. (Photo: PTI)

Hundreds of journalists today held a protest march against the attack on media persons covering the hearing of a sedition case in which the JNU students’ union president has been arrested and demanded that the culprits be brought to book.

The scribes, representing various journalist bodies, took out a march from the Press Club to the Supreme Court raising slogans in support of freedom of expression and against alleged police inaction during the incident yesterday.

A delegation of journalists also met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and sought a thorough probe into the incident and strict action against those involved in the assault at the Patiala House Court Complex.

The journalists questioned the “silence of police” over the attack on students and scribes and dubbed it an insult to the judiciary as the incident took place inside a court complex.