EMFA demands strict action against attackers of journalist Chakrapani Parashar

Guwahati, March 22, 2019:

The Electronic Media Forum Assam (EMFA), an electronic media journalists’ association has expressed serious concern over the physical attack to Guwahati-based television journalist Chakrapani Parashar last evening by a group of vendors at Ganeshguri locality and demanded stringent actions against the culprits. The forum also urged the State government in Dispur to ensure security to media persons with enacting a special protection law at the earliest.

It may be mentioned that Parashar, who is working for satellite news channel News18/AssamNE, was stabbed by some workers of a restaurant, adjacent to his office, on Thursday evening while he was on duty and subsequently rushed to GNRC hospital.

Parashar suffered serious injuries in various parts of his body is presently recovering. The city police have already detained four accused workers of the restaurant and they are presently under the Dispur police custody.

EMFA maintains that more incidents of physical abuses are being reported from various localities of India and the Union government in New Delhi should take the matter seriously and finally the forum appeals to all media persons across the country to get united over the issue.