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Journos demand CBI probe into Dey murder

June 17, 2011
Mangalore, June 17: Journalists from a cross-section of print and electronic media under the banner of the Dakshina Kannada Working Journalist' Union have come together to condemn the brutal killing of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the incident.

Seeking immediate deterrent action against those responsible for the murder, several journalists and submitted a memorandum to Additional Deputy Commissioner Prabhakar Sharma.

The memorandum addressed to President of India Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, said that Dey's murder was nothing but an attempt to muzzle the freedom of press by criminal elements and that journalists would not bow down to them.

It also urged the President to give instruction to the Chief Ministers of all the states to take adequate measures to ensure the safety and security of the journalists.

President of the Union PB Harish Rai, Vice Presidents Ramakrishna R, Jagannatha Shetty Bala, General Secretary Srinivas Nayak, Secretary Wilfred, executive members Sudhakar Ermal, Sathyavathi, Daya Kukkaje, Harsha , Navin Shetty Soorinje, Agnes Rodrigues and others were present.


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