The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Friday urged the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to take cognisance of police excesses against journalists and civil society members and issue directions to all law enforcement agencies to respect democratic values and freedom of press. “At the same time, strict action needs to be taken against those who misuse State power,” it stated.
In a joint statement, the Press Club of India (PCI) and the Indian Women Press Corp (IWPC) also condemned "the reprehensible manner in which journalists, theatre artistes and other citizens were stripped and paraded naked in a police station in Seedhi district in Madhya Pradesh".
The EGI, in a statement, said it was “shocked and outraged by the manner in which the police... arrested, stripped, and humiliated a local journalist as well as some members of the civil society, on April 2, 2022...”
