Hyderabad, Nov. 19 - The Mahila Satta, the women's wing of the Lok Satta, today condemned the murderous attack on a rural reporter of Nalgonda district for writing about unauthorized liquor outlets and illicit distillation in his village.

Mr. Jagan, reporter for "Vaartha" Telugu daily, was stabbed on Saturday evening at Chittampadu village in Nampalli mandal of Nalgonda district. The newspaper had carried his report on women’s associations destroying liquor stocks in the village in the district edition on November 2.

Mr. Jagan was first taken to Devarakonda and later brought to Hyderabad and admitted in Yashoda Hospital here.

Mrs. E. Nagamani, Mrs. D. Saroja, Mrs. A. Subhashini, Mrs. D. Lashmi and Mrs. Y. Ramadevi, all Mahila Satta leaders, called on Mr. Jagan at the hospital and expressed shock and anger over the assault on him. They demanded that the Government take stern action against the guilty.