EGM denounces killing of journalist

IMPHAL | Sept 21

The Editors Guild Manipur strongly condemned killing of Shantanu Bhowmik, a reporter of Dinraat Channel, of Tripura by a mob on  September 20. Bhowmik was killed when he was doing his duty of collecting news of a class between two groups in Tripura.

A release said EGN stand by Tripura Journalists Union, the Agartala Press Club and Tripura Working journalists Association as they mourn the death of one of their fellow journalist. We here in Manipur too know the pressure under which journalist world over work and hence extend our solidarity, it said.

EGM supports the demand of the various journalist organisation of Tripura and appealed to Tripura government to book the culprits under the law of the land, it said, adding EFM also support the demand for handing over the case to CBI.

EGM considers any attack on any journalist weather in Manipur, Tripura or anywhere in the world as attack on the freedom speech essential for functioning of the media, it added.