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.
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