(IFJ/IFEX) – “Financial Express” journalist Shivaji Sarkar was among a group of bus passengers returning from a pilgrimage who were beaten by army personnel in the hill region of Uttar Pradesh state on 23 June 1998. The passengers had earlier objected to an army vehicle blocking the road. The vehicle pulled up alongside the bus […]
(IFJ/IFEX) – “Financial Express” journalist Shivaji Sarkar was among a group
of bus passengers returning from a pilgrimage who were beaten by army
personnel in the hill region of Uttar Pradesh state on 23 June 1998. The
passengers had earlier objected to an army vehicle blocking the road. The
vehicle pulled up alongside the bus and 20 to 25 army personnel got out and
starting beating the passengers. When the soldiers came on board, Sarkar
clearly identified himself as a member of the press; however, they beat him,
and others, nonetheless. He sustained injuries to his right eye.
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