Manipur scribe assaulted, IJU demands punishment to culprits
Manipur scribe assaulted, IJU demands punishment to culprits Hyderabad: Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has strongly condemned the incident of assault on a Manipur journalist and urged the State chief minister N. Biren Singh to book the culprits under the law. The national union of scribes also wished for an early recovery of Elangbam Rameshwar, who works as a Thoubal correspondent of Naharolgi Thoudang regional daily newspaper, which is published from Imphal. Local media hinted that the handiwork was masterminded by some Congress workers in Thoubal locality of the north-eastern State, who was attacked by a group of 20 to 25 masked men in the morning hours on 24 October. The rural reporter faced the assault at his residence in the Heirok area. The assailants had reportedly vandalised his house also. Injured scribe Rameshwar has been hospitalised at Thoubal district hospital where he is slowly recovering from wounds. Various political parties, civil society organisations, media bodies