अमरनाथ तिवारी पर हमला का मामला : अरुण कुमार ने जस्टिस काटजू को लिखा पत्र

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पटना में पायनियर के असिस्‍टेंट एडिटर अमरनाथ तिवारी पर हमला के मामले में सरकार एवं पुलिस प्रशासन की लापरवाही से पत्रकार नाराज हैं. प्रेस काउंसिल के मेंबर अरुण कुमार ने प्रेस काउंसिल के अध्‍यक्ष जस्टिस मार्कंडेय काटजू को पत्र लिखकर पूरे मामले की जानकारी दी है तथा सरकार एवं प्रशासन पर लापरवाही बरतने का आरोप लगाया है. उल्‍लेखनीय है कि 27 जनवरी को भाजपा नेता मधु वर्मा एवं उनके पुत्र समेत कई हमलावरों ने अमरनाथ तिवारी पर राड-डंडों से हमला करके गंभीर रूप से घायल कर दिया था.

To: Mr. Justice Markandey Katju,

Chairman,

Press Council of India,

New Delhi.

Dear Mr. Justice Katju,  

With great pain and anguish this is to inform you that a senior journalist of Bihar, Amarnath Tewary, Asst. Editor with the national daily newspaper The Pioneer was brutally assaulted by a local BJP leader, Madhu Verma and her son and other goons on 27 January’ 2012 [Friday] in premises of his Charminar Apartment complex in Rajendra Nagar area of Patna.

The injured journalist, later, lodged an FIR against the local BJP leader Madhu Verma, her son, Rituraj and others in the local Kadamkuan police station. Surprisingly the injured journalist was the first to file the FIR with the Kadamkuan PS in this regard but he was not given the FIR no. then and there and later on the police asked the perpetrator to file a FIR against the journalist itself. The perpetrator’s FIR was recorded first on Kadamkuan P.S. record and the victim journalists’s FIR thereafter. Though in reality it was the victim journalist, who was the first to file the FIR, and not the perpetrator as had been shown in the police record.

However, no action has so far been taken against the accused persons ostensibly under some pressure from the NDA ruling alliance party BJP. The local BJP MLA, Arun Kumar Sinha is allegedly supporting the party leader openly influencing the police officials and other leaders of the party.

The incident has enraged the journalist fraternity in the state and they’ve demanded an immediate action against the accused persons with justice to the victim journalist. A large number of senior journalists of the state had held a meeting of 29 January’ 2012 to condemn the incident.

Under Section 13(1) of the Press Council Act, 1978, it is the duty of the Press Council to preserve the freedom of the Press. by physical assaults on journalists/media establishments by various government agencies and other persons/organizations;

As you had also recently issued strong press statements to the Chief Ministers of J&K, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh in similar matters. I demand sending a Fact Finding Team of the Press Council of India to investigate this complaint.

I will also request you to keep me out of the Fact Finding Team in order to maintain neutrality and impartiality of the team because of my association with Bihar and also because of myself writing to you in this regard.

I, therefore, Sir request you to take up this issue on your personal level so that justice could be done to the journalist and the PCI could play its statutory role in preserving the Freedom of the Press.

Regards

Arun Kumar

Member

Press Council Of India