Wednesday , 03 April 2013
In
the objective of oppressing the daily distributions of "Udayan"
newspaper and in the manner of threatening the employees, the “Udayan”
press located at Kilinochchi was attacked by an unknown gang today
around 5.00 a.m in the early morning hours.
The office got damaged due to the attack and two distributors including
the branch office Manager totally four persons have got severely wounded
and are admitted to hospital.
The vehicle which was involved as usual in distributions was ready to
unload the newspaper copies at the “Udayan” regional office located at
Kandy highway, Karadipokku junction, an unknown gang which was hiding
in the neighboring unoccupied buildings and behind shrubs have assaulted
the distributors who came by the vehicle with batons, intruded inside
the office have smashed is the horrifying incident occurred states
reports.
Due to this unruly activity, two of the distributors were severely
wounded and were admitted to the hospital for treatment, and others were
affected with minor injuries. Meanwhile the office was completely
damaged and a complaint was lodged at the Kilinochchi police concerning
this incident.
Many attempts in recent times are occurred to obstruct press copies
reaching the public, in a well-planned manner mainly in Vanni region.
Reports states, attempts are advanced to obstruct the distributions and the newspaper distributors are facing severe threats.
