Three photojournalists were attacked by 12 hooligans at IRC village under the Nayapalli police limits in the city on Saturday. The injured scribes were admitted in the Capital Hospital here.
They were identified as Surendra Prusty, Asit Kumar Satpathy and Bhabani Prasad Das working at two mainstream newspapers in the city.
According to reports, photojournalist Prabhat Kumar Mohanty, a resident of IRC village staying at plot number N-1/337 had been receiving threat calls from his brother Prafulla Kumar Mohanty regarding a dispute on the plot. Prafulla had been telling to vacate the house, though the dispute on the plot is subjudice.
Fearing any untoward incident, while Prabhat’s family members leaving the house on Saturday afternoon, 12 persons at the behest of Prafulla suddenly came in front of their house and attacked Prabhat’s wife. After getting information from his daughter, Prabhat and his three friends rushed to the spot, where they were attacked.
Meanwhile, five persons, including two women, were detained by police whereas other seven persons are absconding in the case.