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Cops detain scribes for 1 hour
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 03 2014:
A team of media persons who went to cover protest demonstrations on the issue of Inner Line Permit System were detained by police for almost one hour for taking photographs of some police personnel on frisking duty.
The incident happened at around 2.30 pm today.
The media team went to cover a protest demonstration at Nongmeibung-Old Checkon Bazar before they accosted the police personnel.
Some police personnel on frisking duty were photographed by the media persons.
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On learning that they have been photographed, the police personnel raised a strong objection saying that no photographs (of police personnel on duty) can be taken without consent of the concerned SP and the police personnel themselves.
At this, the media team explained that they were taking the particular photographs to highlight the extra security measures taken up by police ahead of the Independence Day (August 15) .
Still then, the police personnel continued hurling all kinds of abuses against the reporters resulting in a brief stand-off between the two sides.
Even as the media team explained that they were doing their duties, the police team maintained that the journalists should not leave the spot.
After some time, one ASI tried to intervene but the stand-off could not be resolved.
Later AMWJU president W Shyamjai came to the spot and successfully brought the two sides to some sort of understanding.
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