(FNJ/IFEX) – Two Nepal One television journalists – senior reporter Tilak Koirala and reporter Janak Pandit – were injured when policemen beat them on the evening of 23 April in Dillibazaar, Kathmandu. They were stopped by the police on the streets as they were returning home and badly beaten, said Pandit. According to Pandit the […]
(FNJ/IFEX) – Two Nepal One television journalists – senior reporter Tilak Koirala and reporter Janak Pandit – were injured when policemen beat them on the evening of 23 April in Dillibazaar, Kathmandu. They were stopped by the police on the streets as they were returning home and badly beaten, said Pandit.
According to Pandit the policemen did not allow them to go, even after they showed their identity cards. The security personnel beat them, saying that journalists always present negative stories about the police.
Koirala is undergoing treatment at Kathmandu Model Hospital while Pandit has returned home after the necessary treatment.
The FNJ has condemned the attack on these journalists. It has also demanded immediate action against those responsible for their injuries.