Journos take out march to commissioner's office demanding

About 70 media persons today took out a march to the office of the City police commissioner urging him to file an FIR against actor-turned-BJP politician S Ve Shekher after he shared a post that contained derogatory references to media and women scribes.

Earlier, some media persons staged a dharna in front of the District Collectorate protesting the delay in arresting Sekhar.

They met Commissioner K Periaiah who assured them that he would go through their complaint and take necessary action.

Meanwhile, about 50 media persons staged a demonstration at nearby Pollachi demanding Sekher's arrest.

Under attack from the media, Shekher has said he had forwarded a friend's post "without reading" the content, and tendered an apology.

The message was forwarded "without reading the content, by mistake... was unintentional. When it was pointed out by a friend that the content was abusive, it was removed immediately," he said.

Journalists staged a protest at his residence in Chennai yesterday.