Gujarat scribes protest against rape of Mumbai photojournalist

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Press Trust of India Ahmedabad
Last Updated : Aug 24 2013 | 8:15 PM IST
Media persons today held a sit-in protest here condemning the gangrape of a photojournalist in Mumbai and demanded speedy justice for the victim.
Scribes from both print and electronic media, camera persons, photojournalists as well as some senior editors joined the protest held near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Income-Tax cross roads here.
The protesters displayed placards and banners demanding that the culprits be brought to book immediately.
Many students from different journalism schools and members of Gujarat Media Club also participated in the dharna.
The victim, an intern with an English magazine, was allegedly gangraped by five men on Thursday near Shakti Mills in Lower Parel area in Mumbai when she was on an assignment.
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First Published: Aug 24 2013 | 8:15 PM IST

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