EGM condemns
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 21 2017:
Editors' Guild, Manipur (EGM) vehemently condemned the killing of Shantanu Bhowmik, a reporter of Dinraat channel of Tripura by a mob on September 20 .
Bhowmik was reportedly killed while collecting news of a clash between two groups in Tripura .
"We stand by Tripura Journalists' Union, the Agartala Press Club and Tripura Working Journalists' Association as they mourn the death of one of their fellow journalists.
We here in Manipur too know the pressure under which journalists work and hence extend our solidarity," EGM said .
"We support the demand of journalists' fraternity of Tripura and ask the Tripura Govt to book the culprits as per the law of the land," EGM said while also extending support to the demand for handing over the case to CBI .
EGM said it considers any attack on journalist whether in Manipur, Tripura or elsewhere in the world as an attack on the freedom of speech.