Itanagar, March 26 -- The Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) on Wednesday strongly condemned the detention of senior journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumder
by the Assam Police in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Mozumder, chief reporter of 'The CrossCurrent', was performing his duty when he was taken into custody after attempting to question the Managing Director of the Assam Co-operative Apex Bank, Dambaru Saikia, regarding allegations of a recruitment scam.
"The incident, which unfolded during a protest by the Jatiya Yuva Sakti-the youth wing of the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP)-is deeply disturbing and raises serious concerns about the state of press freedom and the right of journalists to hold those in positions of power accountabl...