A large number of media persons here on Monday took out a rally from Indore Press Club to the Gandhi statue at Regal square condemning the brutal attack on media persons by GRP jawans on Saturday night.
During the rally, media persons raised slogans against the guilty GRP police officials and demanded stringent action them. Meanwhile, State minister Vijay Shah also visited the hospital on Monday and met the scribes undergoing treatment at the hospital.
As many as five newsmen namely Ankur Jaiswal, Deepak Kasedia, Pradeep Thakur, Rahul Dave and Jay Shukla were mercilessly beaten up by GRP jawans on Saturday night following a tiff of these media persons with parking contractor of Indore railway station. later the railway SP following intervention of the higher authority suspended three police jawans and booked parking contractor Sanjay Bhat and Kalu Bhat for assaulting media persons.
According to the report, GRP constable Devendra Rajput had reached the parking stand when parking contractors Sanjay Bhat and Kalu Bhat were beating two media persons. Instead of taking action against the accused, he joined them and beat up the reporters.
Taking a cognizance of police attack on media persons, Home Minister Babulal Gaur had ordered a probe into the incident last night by sending an AIG-level officer to the city to probe the matter and submit his report within 48 hours.