Hyderabad, Feb. 3 -- The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the Punjab and Chandigarh Journalists Union (PCJU) have condemned the high-handed behaviour of the Delhi Police against journalists and camerapersons from Punjab while they were covering the Delhi Vidhan Sabha election campaign.
In a statement released on Monday, IJU President K Sreenivas Reddy and Secretary General Balwinder Singh Jammu, along with PCJU President Balbir Singh Jandu and Working President Jai Singh Chhibber, described the police action as an attack on press freedom and freedom of expression.
The Delhi Police reportedly detained several journalists from Punjab for nearly eight hours at Tughlaq Road police station on Saturday. Despite repeated requests, the officers...