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Subject: News18 journalist beaten up by Assam Police while reporting near Assam-Mizoram border; 2 people injured
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From: PVCHR Communication <cfr.pvchr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 12:33 PM
Subject: News18 journalist beaten up by Assam Police while reporting near Assam-Mizoram border; 2 people injured
To: cr.nhrc@nic.in
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To,
The Chairperson,
National Human Rights Commission
New Delhi.
Dear Sir,
I
want to bring
in your kind attention towards the news published in the first post on
10th March, 2018 regarding News18 journalist beaten up by Assam Police
while reporting near Assam-Mizoram border; 2 people injured http://www.firstpost.com/
Therefore it is a kind request please take urgent and appropriate action in this matter.
Thanking
You
Sincerely Yours
Lenin
Raghuvanshi
Founder
and CEO
Peoples'
Vigilance Committee on Human Rights
Email:
pvchr.india@gmail.com
Sincerely Yours
News18 journalist beaten up by Assam Police while reporting near Assam-Mizoram border; 2 people injured
A journalist working for News18 Assam-North East was beaten up by the Assam Police near the Mizoram-Assam border on Saturday, the news channel reported. Police also fired in the air leaving two civilians injured.
The
reporter named Emmy Ci Lawbei had reached the border on Saturday
morning. According to her, as she was reporting, members of a Mizo
students' body clashed with the Assam Police. A group of journalists,
including Lawbei, were caught in the clashes and were lathicharged by
the cops. The police also fired in the air to disperse the crowd in
which two people were reportedly injured
The police had on Wednesday, clamped prohibitory orders under
Section 144 of the CrPc with immediate effect of Hailakandi district,
bordering Mizoram. According to the police, the move followed
"information from reliable sources that some individuals and
organisations from the Mizoram side are planning to intrude into Assam's
territory with the intention to encroach forest land and erect
permanent structures, including religious structures."
File image of Emmy Ci Lawbei. Facebook/Emmy Ci Lawbei
Tension
has been prevailing in the area ever since some members of Mizo Zirlai
Pawl (MZP), an apex student body, entered Assam and erected a working
shed and a temporary checkpost, which were later dismantled by the state
police personnel, according to the police.
The police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers will be stationed along the border
Last month, two journalists were assaulted on their duty sparking outrage.
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