Journalists and people from a cross section of the society strongly condemned the attack on tthree scribes here on Sunday.
A journalist, Prahallad Sahu, along with two other scribes were brutally attacked by miscreants belonging to a family at Badriraj Nagar 11nd Lane under the Gosaninuagaon police station while they were collecting news pertaining to a domestic feud.
It was learnt that a married woman staying separately in a rented house because of the domestic violence went to sit on a dharna in front of her in-laws’ house protesting harassment and even wanted to forcibly enter into the in-laws’ house.
When a tussle ensued between the woman and the in-laws and the woman started telling her side of the story to the media, her brother-in-laws reportedly attacked the reporters. Sahu received severe injuries in his face and nose.
After Sahu filed a complaint at the Gosaninuagaon PS, police brought the woman’s brother -in-law Ramananda Sagar to the police station and registered a case against him.
Being informed about the incident working Journalists of the city assembled before the Gosaninugaon Police Station in protest and demanded immediate action against the culprit.