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New Delhi: The Editors Guild and the Indian Women’s Press Corps have condemned the detention of two journalists, who reported attacks by Hindu extremists associated with Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on mosques and shops in Tripura, by the Assam Police and demanded their immediate release.
The Editors Guild was reacting to a tweet by scribe Samriddhi Sakunia who said, “We have been detained at the Nilambazar police station, Assam.” She said she was detained along with colleague Swarna Jha.
The Indian Women’s Press Corps said, “The journalists were on an assignment in Tripura to cover recent incidents of violence when an FIR was registered against them for allegedly maligning the image of Tripura government. There are reports that they were not allowed to leave the hotel and were later detained in Assam.” Web Desk
