MK Stalin has also directed to put the concerned police inspector in the waiting list even as special police teams were formed to nab the assailants. 

As fellow journalists pray for his speedy and lasting recovery, the incident had left thousands of presspersons in Tamil Nadu astonished and put them in despair. 

While remembering the journalist, Justice Ramana said, "He was a man with a magical eye and was rightly regarded as one of the foremost photojournalists of this era."

The committee has called Ressa and Muratov the representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal.

It has highlighted that about 73 percent of the total list of 180 countries had partially or completely left the freedom of journalists in the mayhem. 

Madras Reporters Guild urged the state government to make sure that the journalists and reporters in the state have the freedom to function.

The Sivakasi town police station had registered a case under the grounds of the attempt to murder and the police department had taken two suspects under their custody for further interrogations.