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Journalists condemn attack on Goa
press photographers
Friday May 27, 2011 12:01:43 PM,
IANS
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Panaji: Police
remained mute spectators when press photographers were manhandled
while taking pictures of the violence in Goa in which two tribal
youths were charred to death, journalist bodies here alleged
Friday.
In an official statement issued here, the Photo Journalists
Association of Goa (PJAG) has condemned Wednesday's assault on
press photographers Sagun Gawde and Sameer Bhat, both employed
with local media outfits, in the presence of police personnel.
"The incident happened in full police glare when journalists were
trying to shoot and record Adarsh factory at Balli being set on
fire by an irate mob where two UTAA (United Tribals Alliance
Association) agitators Mangesh Gaonkar and Deelip Velip were burnt
alive in the fire," said Rajtilak Naik, spokesperson for the PJAG.
The Goa Union of Journalists (GUJ), the largest body of
journalists in Goa, with over 200 members, said police's inaction
against the attackers proves they were "sheltering criminals who
are suppressing freedom of media".
"While Gawde was manhandled, Bhat was restrained from shooting the
sequence in which a mob was setting fire to the factory. The
incident was very important considering two people were burnt in
the fire," said Pandurang Gaonkar, GUJ president.
Two charred bodies were discovered and several tribals, including
a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, were injured after
unknown miscreants unleased violence on thousands of protesting
tribals Wednesday in Balli village near here.
The tribals were agitating for implementation of the Forest Tribal
Act and demanding reservations in government jobs Wednesday.
The agitation ended Wednesday afternoon after state Minister for
Tribal Affairs Filipe Neri Rodrigues met the agitators and assured
them that their demands "would be treated sympathetically" by the
Goa government.
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