A reporter of a nationwide every day was assaulted allegedly whereas his telephone was snatched away in a fateful incident that unfolded in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh on Monday, learnt Organiser. According to the small print of the incident a print media reporter of a outstanding media group was attacked and stopped from overlaying an incident by a policeman on Monday evening.
As per the grievance filed by the crime beat reporter, Ramesh Sahu (title modified), Head constable (HC) Kripa Sandhu Tigga allegedly slapped and snatched his telephone when he was capturing a gathering of the villagers in the native police station.
Narrating his ordeal in the letter, Sahu has claimed that he had acquired some Intel a couple of gathering of the villagers in the Jashpur police station following which he had gone there to cowl the problem. After listening to the villagers about their concern he was simply capturing a snap of them in his telephone when HC Tigga allegedly manhandled him and requested him about his authority to movie the incident on his cell phone.
It’s been reported that when Sahu tried explaining issues to Tigga that he’s a media particular person and is simply attempting to do his job, Tigga allegedly slapped him and deleted the image from his cell phone saying that you’re making a video.
“My phone was also inspected by Tigga and I was treated like a criminal. There were a number of villagers of Dabnipani who were present at the spot and witnessed the entire assault”, learn additional the grievance letter.
Sharing the grievance letter on twitter, senior Bharatiya Janata Party chief from the tribal dominated city, Prabal Judev, mentioned that the assault on a journalist in the Vananchal area is an affidavit that the fourth pillar of democracy just isn’t protected below the Congress rule.
The Congress authorities doesn’t need to hear something towards them and is attempting to exert strain on individuals from each part. This is shameful and the accused must be punished stringently. The BJP is standing behind the Journalists and can be sure that justice is finished, added Judev.
Speaking with the Organiser consultant, Sahu who had been transferred in the area a while in the past mentioned the head constable is new in the world, I attempted explaining issues to him however he manhandled and misbehaved with me. Kripa Tigga was line attached after the incident, claimed Sahu, who additionally requested to not point out his title or his group presumably as a result of strain on him after the incident.
It is to be famous that this isn’t the primary time {that a} media particular person has been assaulted in the district as earlier one other journalist recognized as Sanjit Yadav was additionally allegedly manhandled close to Lawakera RTO verify submit of police station limits close to the Odisha border in September final yr.
The incident occurred when Sanjit was interacting with the guards posted on the Lawakera checkpost when he was not solely crushed up however his digital camera was additionally snatched by the miscreants. It was then reported that there have been a number of miscreants who have been indulged in unlawful extortion close to the RTO checkpost who manhandled and assaulted Sanjit when he tried to document their act on the digital camera.
It is to be famous that the incident occurred days after one other journalist related to the information 18 group was manhandled and stopped from reporting by the personnel of Bihar police in Darbhanga on August 03.
It was then reported that the information 18 correspondent Vikas Kumar Singh was allegedly manhandled and stopped from recording the incident by the safety personnel when the previous had arrived on the Kachahari Chowk to cowl the sit-in of a BJP chief towards alleged assault on a temple.
The incident sparked an enormous row and acquired politically escalated after many senior leaders of the opposition BJP termed the incident as a bolt on the liberty of press and demanded an enquiry into the matter.
