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http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/22/stories/...880800.htm

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Following the attacks on IBN offices by the Shiv Sena, a delegation led by Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief of CNN-IBN; Nikhil Wagle, Editor of IBN-Lokmat; and Vijay Darda, Lokmat group Chairman, met Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday. Apart from pressing for stringent action against the masterminds, they demanded an ordinance against attacks on journalists and treating such incidents as a non-bailable offence.

<b>Mr. Sardesai said: “We want the government to pass an ordinance that whenever a mediaperson is attacked, it would be considered a non-bailable offence.</b> Only then an element of fear will come. If it can be done for doctors, it can be done for journalists too.”<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->