Kolkata Press Club condemns yesterdays attack on mediapersons

Kolkata, Feb 11(UNI) Kolkata Press Club has strongly condemned yesterday's unprovoked assault on newspersons and cameramen of several newspapers and news television channles and demanded "immediate arrest and punishment of those involved in the act of cowardice".

Press Club President Sudeb Roy Chowdhury and Secretary Anidya Sengupta, in a strongly worded statement, today blamed the Trinamool Congress supporters for assaulting and injuring the mediapersons at Boratelia near Singur prior to the meeting of party supremo Mamata Banerjee there.

Describing the incident as a "direct infringment on the rights of media to gather information for professional purposes", Mr Roychowdhury and Mr Sengupta said it also "reflects a sense of desperation".

At least three television cameramen were injured and admitted to hospital yesterday after a gang of unidentifed Trinamool Congress supporters emerging from the Boratelia meeting ground pounced on them and beat them up severely charging them being pro-government.

They also severely damaged three Outside Broadcasting(OB) vans belonging to different TV channels.

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