Journalists organise dharna

Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, Mar 12 (UNI) Hundreds of journalists today organised a massive rally at Kovvuru town in West Godavari district near here, in protest against the attacks on mediapersons recently.

The journalists, under the aegis of Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) submitted a memorandum to the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) Kovvuru. Later they went to the office of the Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDOP) and staged dharna over four hours.

They demanded that immediate action should be taken against the culprits who attacked T Satyanarayana Reddy, reporter of a private news channel, at Purushothampalli near here recently.

They also demanded action against MPTC members who attacked the photographer of a Telugu daily late last night here, while he was taking stills of the camp politics of Legislative Council Elections.

IJU National Council member M Srihari Rao and APUWJ West Godavari President K Manikya Rao led the delegation.

UNI