TN journo held for hurting sentiments of actresses
Chennai, Oct 8: Police arrested B Lenin, the news editor of a Tamil daily, Dinamalar under Women Harassment (Prevention) Act on a complaint filed by Radha Ravi, the general secretary of the South Indian Film Artistes Association (SIFAA).
In the complaint the SIFAA alleged that the newspaper has published a report which hurt the sentiments of few actresses. In the Oct 4 report, the newspaper had named several Kollywood actress as those involved in the flesh trade in Chennai.
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The
report
also
called
a
confession
of
television
actress
Bhuvaneswari,
who
was
arrested
a
few
days
prior
to
that
under
the
immoral
trafficking
Act.
Although
the
paper
carried
a
regret
note
on
Oct
5,
film
artistes
association
went
ahead
and
filed
a
police
complaint.
While the Madras Union of Journalists (MUJ) condemned the arrest of B Lenin, hundreds of SIFAA members and other bodies of Tamil film industry came together on Wednesday, Oct 7 to protest against Dinamalar.
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