Press Gallery Committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Condemns Illegal Detention of Mediap persons

This despite the fact that all the journalists were duly carrying their ID proofs. They were kept in the police station for over 8 hours and were let off only when the news broke out into the media circles.

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The Press Gallery Committee of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha has taken strong cognizance of the dastardly incident in New Delhi yesterday, where the journalists from the State of Punjab covering the elections to the Delhi Vidhan Sabha were illegally kept in the Tughlaq Road police station for 8 hours by the Delhi Police.

Condemning the incident as a blot on the fair name of democratic norms and demanding foolproof security for the journalists covering the elections, the Chairman of the Press Gallery Committee of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Ashwani Chawla said that the Committee has filed a written complaint with the Chief Election Commissioner, New Delhi.