The Town police here on Saturday arrested eight persons, including two doctors, on the charge of assaulting a journalist and police personnel on Friday in Kendrapada district.
The arrested doctors were identified as Sibasish and Debasish , sons of a private clinic owner Dr Parsuram Sahoo. Sources said, the doctors and their staffs first misbehaved and attacked a when the journalist had gone to meet a patient at the private clinic in the evening. During his visit the scribe clicked a picture of Covi-19 norms being flouted in the clinic.
This infuriated the doctors, who along with the staff besides thrashing him vandalised his motorbike and snatched his mobile-phone. Town PS IIC Jyotiranjan Samantray said, “A Sub-Inspector was misbehaved and beaten up when he had gone to inquire the allegations levelled by the journalist. We have registered two separate cases and eight persons have been arrested.”