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Journalists stage demonstration

Coimbatore: Nearly hundred journalists from various media organisations representing both print and electronic media staged a demonstration in front of Red Cross Society Buildings on Huzur Road in the city in protest against the recent assault on media persons at Vettaikaranpudur, near Pollachi, during a clash between two groups.

Journalists had already preferred a complaint and the journalists in Pollachi staged a demonstration on Monday.

In Coimbatore, members of Coimbatore Press Club, Coimbatore Journalists Association and Tamil Nadu Press Club staged a demonstration and raised slogans demanding the arrest of the accused, protection for journalists while on duty.

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