The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) today strongly condemned the recent attack on leading Malayalam daily "Mathrubhumi" and termed it as an attack on the freedom of press.
It also demanded that those involved in the violent attack on the daily's press and its employees should be brought to book and punished under law.
Mathrubhumi newspaper's Kottakkal unit was attacked on May 31 by a group of people protesting against a road accident. The staff present in the office were injured and furniture damaged in the attack.
"The Executive Committee of the INS, which met today at New Delhi, strongly condemned the attack against Mathrubhumi, a respected media organisation in Kerala.
"It is an attack against freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by the Constitution of India. It is also an attack against people's right to information," the INS said in a release.
The leading organisation of newspaper publishers said the attack was an act of cowardice adding such unjustifiable incidents posed a great threat to democracy.
