A day after a journalist and a fruit seller were assaulted by police personnel on the Bada Danda (Grand Road) here leading to a scuffle between shopkeepers and the cops, DGP Abhay on Thursday directed the Puri district SP to personally investigate the incident and submit a report forthwith.Action would be taken on the basis of the SP’s report, said the DGP. On Wednesday, a high-voltage drama had unfolded near the bus depot on the Bada Danda when some fruit and vegetable vendors were restrained to do their business by police personnel, who were on Covid-19 enforcement duty. While the cops claimed that the vendors were flouting the guidelines, the latter alleged police excesses. In the meantime, journalist Dattatreya Nayak, who works with a leading vernacular daily, was beaten up by the cops when he intervened and started taking pictures of incident. Nayak and a fruit seller suffered minor injuries during faceoff.