Scribes reporting on queue at army canteen roughed up by police

A couple of journalists reporting on the lengthy queue of ex-servicemen at the army canteen in Madikeri were allegedly roughed up by the authorities on Friday.The journalists were pushed and shoved as

A couple of journalists reporting on the lengthy queue of ex-servicemen at the army canteen in Madikeri were allegedly roughed up by the authorities on Friday. The journalists were pushed and shoved aside by a policeman on duty while another looked on. The mobile from which the scene was being recorded, by a woman journalist, was snatched and the journalists pushed out of the venue. Sources said that there was a long queue, nearby 1 km long, and hundreds of ex-servicemen were awaiting their turn to make purchases from the army canteen. The rush was attributed to the small window for purchase (from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.). It is said that many had been in queue since the crack of dawn.