CURATED BY – Mohd. Muneer | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh Media Sangh Shahdol, which is always ready to protect the interests and rights of journalists, has submitted a memorandum to Commissioner Shahdol, Collector Shahdol, Superintendent of Police Shahdol regarding the intimidation and deleting of the video from the mobile of journalist Surendra Namdev by Dr. Parashar posted at Community Health Center Byahari and police personnel posted at Police Station Byahari, and demanded immediate appropriate action by investigating the matter. Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Parashar has been posted at Community Health Center Byahari for the last 20-25 years. On May 17, when an innocent died during treatment at Community Health Center Byahari, the family members were blaming the doctors and creating a ruckus, the video of the coverage of which was in the mobile of Mr. Surendra Namdev, local correspondent of daily newspaper Navbharat. The news of the above incident was published showing the negligence of the doctors. On 18 May at 11 pm, Surendra Namdev was called to Byawari police station and Dr. Parashar and his colleagues abused and intimidated him and made him delete the video from his mobile phone. During this, the police personnel present in the police station also did not defend the journalist and supported the doctor and got the video deleted. The doctor threatened Mr. Surendra Namdev to publish a denial and made a false complaint at the police station regarding the demand of money and calling him a fake journalist and also threatened to file an FIR, in which the police personnel present supported the doctor. Madhya Pradesh Media Sangh Shahdol demanded punitive action against Dr. Parashar and the police personnel present at the police station premises when the video was deleted. It also said that if action is not taken within 7 days, then Madhya Pradesh Media Sangh will be forced to stage a huge protest in front of the head of the state and high officials. While submitting the memorandum, Madhya Pradesh Media Association's divisional president Manish Shukla, divisional general secretary Sanjeev Gupta, divisional vice president Sunil Mishra, Mahendra Motwani, Vijay Gupta, Ramraj Gupta, Surendra Namdev, C.P. Jaiswal, Nirmal Jaiswal, Brijkant Mishra, Sanjay Yadav, Mole Yadav, Tarun Verma along with the association's officers and members were present.