The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has strongly condemned the summoning of the editor of an Imphal based daily Naharolgee Thoudang, Kh. Loyalakpa by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) in relation to a news item of an underground group.
The editor of Naharolgee Thoudang had received a communication order on August 8, 2013 from NIA demanding that he hand over the original image of a picture published relating to the 32 Raising Day parade of Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA), the armed wing of the banned militant group Revolutionary Peoples Front (RPF) published in his newspaper on September, 2010, and also to reveal the name and details of the reporter who took the photograph.
IJU said the summoning of the journalist by NIA is a clear case of violation of freedom of expression as enshrined in the Constitution. IJU appealed to the Press Council of India (PCI) to immediately intervene in this matter.
