Delhi police seals office of the news agency UNI
NATIONAL: The police Friday sealed the office of news agency UNI in New Delhi following a high court order. UNI and journalists forums however described the police action as an "unprecedented atrocity and attack on freedom of press" alleging that female staff members were manhandled during the operation.
However, Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police Sachin Sharma stated that the legal process was adhered to and that the operation was recorded on video. The sealing followed the dismissal of UNI's petition against the cancellation of its land allotment by the Land and Development Office under the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry.
The high court upheld this cancellation, which the current owner of UNI, The Statesman, criticised as an attack on media freedom in India.