No separate date on scribe murder maintained: Govt
As per available data, a total of 113 cases were registered and 30 persons were arrested under attack on media person (grievous hurt) during 2014," the Ministry said.
"The provision of security to an individual is primarily the responsibility of the State Government in whose jurisdiction such individual ordinarily resides. Security is provided strictly on the basis of threat assessment made by the Security Agencies," in a written reply Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary told the Lok Sabha.
"There is no separate categorization of protectees for journalists/media persons, although individual journalists/media persons are also among those who apply for security cover. Representations from all individuals, including journalists/media person are referred to security agencies for assessment of their threat. Appropriate advisories are issued to the concerned State Governments/Police to provide security as per the threat assessment," he said.
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