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Appalled by the attacks on seven journalists covering illegal hate activity in Delhi, the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) announced a DUJ Committee for Communal Harmony on April 5, 2022 to foster peace and amity.
At its executive committee meeting, the DUJ condemned the attack on journalists at Burari ground where an unlawful Hindu Mahapanchayat meeting was held on April 3. Reporters recorded the hate speeches during this event until the mob attacked the group. Forcing them to delete the videos, the crowd beat two Muslim journalists Arbab Ali and Meer Faisal and molested a woman journalist, said the DUJ.
According to The Telegraph, another Muslim journalist was also present at the place along with Quint reporters Md Meherban, Meghnad Bose, Newslaundry reporters Ronak Bhat and a woman journalist who narrated her ordeal on Twitter.
I and @mdmeharban03 were beaten up because of our muslim identity by Hindu mob. Communal slurs were shouted on me at Hindu mahapanchayat at Burari ground in New Delhi. We had gone there to cover the event. We were called jihadis and attacked for being Muslims.
— Meer Faisal (@meerfaisal01) April 3, 2022
This happened in India’s capital Delhi. A Mahapanchayat was called where hate speech was raised against Muslims. Muslim journalists were attacked and could have been lynched. All in Delhi! 2/2
— Arbab Ali (@arbabali_jmi) April 3, 2022
“We demand that the culprits be arrested, both for targeting journalists and for making inciteful hate speeches to disrupt communal harmony in the city,” said General Secretary Sujata Modhak.
She called for a judicial enquiry against assailants and those organisers who are repeat offenders in crimes intended to disrupt the peaceful coexistence of citizens. The DUJ further criticized the Delhi Police for failing to stop the meeting despite claiming that they did not give permission for the same. Accordingly, the police failed to arrest the attackers and took away the journalists instead.
Hatemonger Yati Narsinghanand again spews venom against Muslims in Hindu mahapanchayat.Will @DelhiPolice @DCP_NorthWest take any action against it?
Or else there will be no charge on him,saying that he had laughed and said this#ArrestYatiNarsinghanand@yogitabhayana @dpkBopanna pic.twitter.com/0Jiham41zJ— Razia Masood (@Razia_Masood) April 3, 2022
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