Guwahati, Aug. 19 -- The Press Club of India (PCI) and the Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) have expressed concern over the Assam Police filing an FIR against senior journalists Siddharth Varadarajan and Karan Thapar of The Wire.

The case, registered by the Crime Branch in Guwahati, invokes sedition charges under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The organisations noted that this is the second FIR against The Wire in two months. They alleged that the police action reflects a pattern of harassment, adding that summons were issued on August 12 despite a Supreme Court order granting protection to Varadarajan and other journalists of The Wire in connection with a previous FIR filed in Morigaon on July 11.

The latest FIR requ...