Scribes, staff lock horns over entry into secretariat

A confrontation between Dehra Dun-based journalists and secretariat employees over entry into the State Secretariat has ended in the two sides lodging FIRs against each other.

It all began last week when an altercation broke out after some newspersons working with television channels were denied entry into the State Secretariat by security personnel. Sources said Pawan Negi, a cameraman with a television channel, was even roughed up by the security personnel. While a senior official tried to pacify the mediapersons, a large group of secretariat employees got together and chased them away.

The journalists have demanded action against the security personnel involved in the incident but their pleas have fallen on deaf ears.