New Delhi: Amid heavy police deployment, news agency UNI’s office in Delhi was sealed by the Indian Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs’ Land and Development Office (L&DO) .<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, the news agency also said that their female staff members were manhandled by the police team.<\/p>\n
The police reached the premises of United News of India (UNI) on Rafi Marg with adequate deployment to carry out the sealing process after the Delhi High Court dismissed a petition, filed by the news agency, challenging the cancellation of its land allotment.<\/p>\n
The case pertained to an order issued by the Land and Development Office (L&DO), which had asked the news agency to vacate the premises.<\/p>\n
According to the L&DO, the allotment, which was made in 1979, was cancelled in March 2023 after the news agency failed to construct the office in the last 40 years despite multiple reminders, in violation of the terms laid down in the allotment letter.<\/p>\n
The high court on Friday upheld the cancellation, rejecting the news agency’s contention that delays were caused due to financial constraints and pending approvals, and cleared the way for authorities to take possession of the premises.<\/p>\n
The Statesman, the current owner of UNI, termed the police action an “unprecedented atrocity” and “attack on freedom of media in India”.<\/p>\n
“In an unprecedented atrocity and attack on freedom of media in India, the Rafi Marg office of the nation’s oldest news agency, United News of India (UNI), was literally attacked by a police force that would put an anti-terror operation to shame.<\/p>\n
“Employees were not given time to even collect their belongings or hear from management. The management has been left outside, and employees are being beaten inside,” the Statesman said in a post on X.<\/p>\n
UNI, in a post on X, said, “The sealing of the office of United News of India (UNI), one of the country’s oldest and most respected news agencies, has raised serious concerns over press freedom.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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