The Chandigarh Press Club condemned the attack on journalists by followers of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh after he was convicted in a rape case in Panchkula on Friday. Club secretary general Barinder Rawat said, “We demand that the Haryana government, which failed to provide adequate security to journalists covering the verdict, to compensate for the losses. And an inquiry should be marked.”The vehicles of many journalists were torched and equipment broken. Damaged media vehicles in Sector 4 of Panchkula. The governing council of the club also decided to call an emergency meeting of all journalists at noon on Saturday at the club to decide on future course of action.

Source: Hindustan Times August 25, 2017 18:33 UTC