Hindu Samhati hosts religious conversion programme in Kolkata, thrashes media personnel during coverage
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IBNS): Several media persons were assaulted by the activists of Bengal-based Hindutva outfit, Hindu Samhati, on Wednesday during the coverage of an event in central Kolkata where a 'religious conversion camp' was being hosted in broad daylight, reports said.
According to reports, demanding to rename Kolkata's Sealdah railway station as Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Terminus, Hindu Samhati group held a mass meeting in city's downtown Esplanade area on Wednesday afternoon.
At the end of the event, 14 members of a minority family were converted to Hinduism publicly on the stage.
When journalists tried to talk to the members of the minority family to confirm whether they were converted forcibly or willingly, activists of the Hindu group beaten up media people and tried to vandalize their cameras.
Several city-based scribes, photojournalists and videographers were hurt in the 'unprovoked' attack by Hindu Samhati.
Police from nearby Hare Street Police Station rushed to the scene and rescued the injured media persons.
A local police official told IBNS that Hindu Samhati's president Tapan Ghosh and three other members of the religious outfit have been arrested.
State chief minister Mamata Banerjee condemned of the incident and asserted to take appropriate action against the attackers.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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