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Delhi Police accused of muzzling press
Monday March 12, 2012 02:31:36 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: An
activist groups Monday accused Delhi Police of trying to muzzle
the media by harassing journalists.
Sahmat said it was "greatly disturbed by the recent crude
attempts" by police who have arrested freelance journalist
Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi for his alleged links to the terror attack on
an Israeli target here.
The group also condemned the entry of two policemen who were
looking for smack in the house of senior journalist John Cherian
Sunday afternoon. But it was later proven the police had wrongly
knocked at the door of Cherian who had recently visited Syria with
Kazmi.
"Following the blatantly high-handed arrest of Kazmi, there was an
attempt to enter the house of Cherian Sunday on the specious plea
of a hoax call," Sahmat said in a statement.
"These independent journalists whose professional integrity is
above reproach are being targeted to create a fear psychosis", the
statement said.
Sahmant feared that if such attempts were not resisted, "all
independent creative and scholarly activity and exchange will come
under attack.
"We call upon all sections of the intelligensia to come forward to
resist such attempts", the statement said.
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