PCI condemns the arrest of journalist Dilwar Hussain Mazumdar
PCI condemns the arrest of journalist Dilwar Hussain Mazumdar
Digital Desk: The Press Club of India has condemned the arrest of Dilwar Hussain Majumder, a senior journalist stationed in Guwahati, by Assam police.
PCI described Majumder's arrest as an example of police overreach.
The organization also claimed that the police violated Article 19-1A of the Constitution by barring Majumder from covering a critical corruption demonstration.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was urged by the PCI to look into the matter.
Earlier on Tuesday, Guwahati journalist Dilwar Hussain Mazumdar was taken into custody after interrogating Dambaru Saikia, the managing director of Assam Cooperative Apex Bank, at a demonstration against purported corruption.
In order to draw attention to financial issues within the bank, Assam Jatiya Yuva Shakti organized the protest.
After Saikia was subjected to challenging questioning by Mazumdar, who was covering the event, the MD invited him inside the bank.
But the invitation swiftly took a turn for the worse when Mazumdar said he was intimidated and that he was made to remove the footage from his phone. According to reports, other reporters were also instructed to remove their recordings.
Saikia allegedly issued a chilling warning, stating that "Then you won't be spared" when Mazumdar brought up the fact that the demonstration had already been covered by many media outlets.
Mazumdar was detained under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita's Sections 351(2)/3(1)(r) and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2015.
