New Delhi

A group of people belonging to a right outfit today held a protest against national daily The Indian Express over its reportage of the Pakistani boat incident off the coast of Gujarat four days back.

The group claiming to be from Hindu Sena chanted slogans against the newspaper outside its office in the ITO area of Central Delhi, alleging that the daily has been carrying “anti-national” news items relating to the boat issue.

The activists also burnt copies of January 1 edition of the newspaper that carried reports about the incident.

“The reportage of January 3 edition of The Indian Express says that the occupants of the Pakistani vessel, intercepted by the Indian Coast Guard on new year’s eve, were not terrorists. This is like speaking the language of Pakistan,” said Hindu Sena President Vishnu Gupta.

The report had suggested that the four men on board the Pakistani vessel intercepted by the Indian Coast Guard may have been “petty smugglers” and there was little evidence of a terror link.

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Comments on social media:

High time , seriously Indian Express should be renamed Pakistan Express

— Vipul Bhatotia (@Vipul_Madridsta) January 5, 2015

Congress is doubting. Indian express doubting. Helping Pakistan. What a shame?

— Daleep Parimoo (@drdaleep) January 5, 2015

@IndianExpress ur pakistan express not indian express .

— ashutosh (@ashutosh8980) January 5, 2015

@DrGarekar Congress,Indian express n pakistan r speaking in the same language..this indicates that anti india forces r coming together..

— Vivek Srivastava (@vivek_rock84) January 4, 2015

@IndianExpress Indian Express must b renamed as Pakistan Express #PakistanBoat #TerrorBoat

— Praful (@praful276) January 4, 2015

The Hindu should be renamed the Secular and the Indian Express the Pakistan Express.

— Bhavyang Oza (@bhavyang) January 4, 2015

@minhazmerchant Te security analyst also rightly calls Indian Express anti national. @Pravenswami seems to be an ISI agent here

— Prasad (@Fierecepatriot) January 5, 2015

RSSN Singh calls Congress, collaborators of Pak. someone needs to call a spade a spade. He calls Indian Express anti national #terrorboat

— Prashant Jatia (@prashantjatia) January 5, 2015

People calling Indian express and coupta anti national on times now. ha ha ha! Waiting for this day to happen! Now can die peacefully. 😉

— The Super Jerk (@TheHarshSharma) January 5, 2015

Congress and Indian express news paper are behaving like anti national elements… #CongressSupportsPakistan

— Ramrao Kulkarni (@RamraoKP_) January 5, 2015

Dear @ArunJaitley, in times of War/External Aggression, will @IndianExpress be allowed to carry Enemy Propaganda, openly? @PMOIndia

— पियूष कुल्श्रेष्ठ (@ThinkersPad) January 5, 2015