Saturday, July 25, 2009

The Hindu : Front Page : Mob attacks newspaper office in Gulbarga; three seriously injured

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    • Circulation manager of the newspaper Vilas Deshpande who was injured in the attack.
    • Violence: Superintendent of Police Padmanayan inspecting the damage in the office of Samyukta Karnataka in Gulbarga on Friday.
    • GULBARGA
    • A group of Muslims on Friday attacked the office of the Kannada daily Samyukta Karnataka here and assaulted the staff. Three employees of the newspaper were severely injured. The assailants were protesting against a report on the head of a local dargah.

      The daily’s circulation manager Vilas Deshpande, who suffered serious head injuries, has been admitted to the Government General Hospital, and his condition stated to be serious.

      Executive Editor of the newspaper Srikantacharya Mannur, who was an eyewitness to the incident, said that about 15 persons shouting slogans against the newspapers started assaulting the staff in the front office where the circulation and advertisement departments functioned.

    • In a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, the signatories said: “The newspaper had published indecent allegations and used vulgar words against the Honorable Shaikh Tajuddin Junaidi, Sajjada Nasheen of the Dargah of famous saint Sirajuddin Junaidi, who is known as Shaik-e-Deccan.”