आसाराम समर्थकों ने न्यूज़ चैनलों के पत्रकारों पर हमला किया. इससे कई पत्रकारों को चोट भी लगी. इस हमले की न्यूज़ चैनलों के संपादकों की संस्था बीईए ने कड़ी निंदा की है और बाबत प्रेस विज्ञप्ति भी जारी की. बीईए द्वारा जारी प्रेस विज्ञप्ति :
Broadcast Editors’ Association
Press Note
New Delhi, 31.08.2013
The Broadcast Editors’ Association (BEA) is shocked at the attack on media persons allegedly by supporters of Asaram Bapu.
Condemning the attack, BEA demands immediate steps for safety and security of media persons as democracy cannot afford to allow anybody to hold the rule of law to ransom.
Any such attack is an attempt to prevent media from discharging it’s legitimate duty of dissemination of information- a duty that is vital to the healthy functioning of a democracy.
NK Singh Shazi Zaman
General Secretary President
(Broadcast Editors’ Association is the apex body of Editors of National & Regional TV News channels of India)
