new delhi the broadcast editors association bea on tuesday came out in support of journalist rohit sardana and condemned the threats to life being issued against him and his family over his comments on twitter last week in an official statement bea president supriya prasad said bea condemned such acts of intolerance in the worlds largest democracy that is constitutionally bound to protect free speech bea also urged lawenforcement agencies to ensure that sardana and his family remain safe and also urged fundamentalists to desist from hounding thejournalist sardana had on november 16 questioned the alleged bias in the way matters related to freedom of expression were tackled tweeting in the context of sanal sasidharans controversial malayalam film s durga sardana suggested that filmmakers tended to name films after women from the majority community while refraining from names popular among minority communities sardanas comments led to much furore on social media and lead several fundamentalist groups to threaten him and his family with dire consequences