Attack on Sakshi Newspaper’s office
The Christian Groups have on Sunday attacked the offices of Telugu Daily, owned by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s family, to protest the publication of a blasphemous picture of Jesus Christ. The daily’s Sunday edition carried a picture showing Jesus with a beer mug in one hand & a cigarette in the other. The chief minister’s family, which practices Christianity, has tendered an apology. The chief minister’s son & newspaper owner YS Jaganmohan Reddy & the chief minister’s wife tendered an apology to the Christian community for the faux pas.
Protesting the publication of the picture, Christian groups attacked the newspaper offices in Prakasam, Srikakulam, Vijayawada, Nizamabad & other towns. Raising slogans against the newspaper, they barged into the offices & ransacked the furniture. Following the incidents, security was beefed up at the newspaper offices across the state. He said the newspaper had highest regard for Jesus Christ & recalled that the daily was launched on Easter. The newspaper management said it was a mistake on part of the sub-editor concerned who had downloaded the picture from the Internet.
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It is a blunder to commit such mistakes that too from an upcoming newspaper. There is a freedom of expression but it should never touch the sentiments of any religious group. We Hope the media will always consider them. Don’t come to the limelight for the wrong reasons