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.
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