Taking cognizance of the manhandling of two mediapersons of a leading Hindi daily by police personnel posted at Awadhpuri police station, the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) has sought a report on the incident in chronological order from the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Police, Bhopal.
Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police (SP) Anshuman Singh has line-attached the SHO of Avadhpuri police station. Besides, an FIR has been registered against three police personnel for assaulting the journalists.
After the reports of the misbehavior and physical assault of two media persons - Krishna Mohan Tiwari and Vijay Prabhat - late in the night on Monday MPHRC has asked to submit report in the matter.
SHO of Awadhpuri Shikha Vaish was line-attached by DIG Bhopal Raman Singh Sikarwar on Wednesday. Action was taken against her due to her negligent behavior in handling the case and trying to shield the accused police personnel.
CSP Govindpura Ajay Singh who is the investigation officer of the case said that the statements of the two victim reporters were not recorded on Wednesday. The victims were admitted at JP hospital and are undergoing treatment. The report would be submitted within three days.
After the incident, on Tuesday an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) and two police personnel were suspended by SP Bhopal (South) Anshuman Singh.
Notably late in the night on Monday when the victims on their way home after their work late in the night were stopped by Assistant Sub Inspector Raghuveer Dangi, head constable Subhash Tyagi and Santosh Yadav. The victims have claimed that they were beaten brutally and later they were taken to police station and were again beaten by the accused policemen.