Media persons came under attack from private guards at Kuvathur Golden Bay Resorts even as policemen looked on as mute spectators as the alleged attackers continued to threaten the journalists covering events relating to the AIADMK MLAs inside the resort. On Sunday evening, the private guards who have sealed off the resort and also closed down the road leading to it, abused and manhandled the journalists. “How can someone have private guards in a public place?” she questioned adding that at Poes Garden too a member of the private guards, apparently hired by AIADMK, had pushed a lemale journalist. At Kuvathur, couple of MLAs came out, apologized to the media persons, but the protests continued as the cellphones snatched by the private guards were not returned. Kuvathur villagers also came out in support of the media persons and alleged that they were also being harassed by the private guards.

Source: Hindustan Times February 12, 2017 18:04 UTC