Mumbai Press Club asks police to take note of threat to

Mumbai Press Club has called upon Maharashtra Police and the state government to take a serious note of the threats issued to senior journalist Nikhil Wagle from Sanatan Sanstha.
The Club, in a statement here today, said it had "noted with serious concern the Sanatan Sanstha targeting Wagle."
"Nikhil Wagle, a senior journalist, is also under threat. He is getting threat from Sanatan Sanstha since 2011. Maharashtra police has also found that Nikhil's name was mentioned regularly in the telephonic conversation between arrested Samir Gaikwad and some other members of Sanatan Sanstha including absconder Rudra Patil," it said.
"Mumbai police officials recently met Nikhil and requested him for the police protection. Nikhil has refused security as it will hamper his journalistic activities," it said.

The Club also expressed concern over Sanatan targeting Shaymsundar Sonnar, a senior journalist with a Marathi newspaper 'Prahaar'.
"The Mumbai Press Club fully stands behind Sonnar and Wagle and their family members and calls upon the Mumbai Police and the Maharashtra Government to take serious note of it," the Club said.
"In view of arrests of people associated with Sanatan in connection with veteran secularist and Leftist leader Comrade Govind Pansare's murder, Sonnar has filed a formal police complaint and has asked the police for protection for him and his family from the right wing organisation.
"Sanatan Prabhat wrote an article targeting Sonnar for his interpretation of Sant Tukaram's pro-science preaching. Sonnar is a vaarkari preacher who is invited by people across Maharashtra for kirtans and public speeches. His rationalist views are very much appreciated and well-accepted. The newspaper's article which appeared on September 1, 2015, spat venom against the senior journalist and called him anti-Hindu," the Club said.