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PTI | New Delhi

<b>Even after 60 years of Independence, the press in India is still being assaulted. </b> <i>(nice first line by some pinko reporter in PTI)</i> Describing today's attack on Outlook magazine's office in Mumbai by a group of Shiv Sena activists as a "crude" attempt to muzzle journalists, its editor-in-chief Vinod Mehta said the freedom of the press was still under threat 60 years after the country's independence.

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"This is a blatant attack on the freedom of the press. The Shiv Sena activists attacked our editorial office in Mumbai and made no attempt to disguise their identity," Mehta said here.</b> <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <i>(Now that is an interesting idea!! What if sena activist disguise themselves as communist activist and ransack outlook office??? )</i>
 
<b>The activists ransacked the Outlook office to protest an article in the magazine that featured Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray in a list of "villains".</b> <i>(When will Sena activists and their leaders ever learn that they need to deal with these issues more intelligently.  for a start why not go to to Mehta's house and protest? a lawsuit anyone?)</i>

Mehta said he spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh immediately after the attack.

<b>"He was quite disturbed after hearing of this attack. We have to consider and introspect that this kind of attack on the press is happening when India is celebrating its 60 years of independence. It is a crude attack on the freedom of the press," he said.</b>  <!--emo&:roll--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ROTFL.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ROTFL.gif' /><!--endemo-->

He hoped that the Srikrishna report would not be used by the Shiv Sena as an excuse for protests. "It is an alarmist view but I fear that they might come out on the streets to agitate," he said.

The Sena activists barged into the Outlook office in a tower in the business district of Nariman Point at around 3 pm and asked for the editor. <b>They started ransacking the office on being told that there was no senior person around.</b> <i>(why would any senior person be around? Sena activists are so predictable that all senior staff would have taken a couple of days off, you know, until the new furniture and fittings are installed!)</i>
 
<b>Thackeray was included in the magazine's list of "villains" along with Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse. The magazine also featured a caricature of the Sena chief with a toothbrush moustache and a Hitler-like uniform. </b> <i>(Outlook had to absolutely make sure that sena activists would come around to "protest".  So, not only they included Bal saheb in the villian list, they had a caricature of bal saheb as hitler.  U know... the new fittings were pre-ordered. God forbid what would happen if sena does not react!!!  <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> )</i>

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