STAR TV's Mumbai office attacked by Hindu radicals
Apr 16, 2007 - 7:55:42 PM
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'Some people got minor injuries. Mercifully, there were no serious injuries. In this specific case, there was no earlier threat. We don't even know the exact reason for the provocation,' he added.
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By IANS,
[RxPG] Mumbai, April 16 - A group of activists belonging to the radical Hindu Rashtriya Sena ransacked the office of STAR TV here Monday protesting the presence of a Muslim boy and a minor Hindu girl from Surat in the studio.
The attackers smashed a car parked outside the office and also damaged office furniture, the police said.
Though the real motive behind the attack was not known immediately, the protesters were apparently incensed by the presence of the couple at the STAR TV office. The boy is reportedly a Muslim and the girl a Hindu and minor.
'The attack happened Monday evening because of a report that we carried. We have never heard of the group that attacked the office. They call themselves the Hindu Rashtriya Sena. It is difficult to say who they are. It was just a bunch of people who came and attacked the premises of Star News and broke everything inside including the private property of employees,' said Uday Shankar, the channel's CEO.
'Some people got minor injuries. Mercifully, there were no serious injuries. In this specific case, there was no earlier threat. We don't even know the exact reason for the provocation,' he added.
The police said that 35 people had been detained in the case and action would be taken.
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