Twin City Commissioner of Police Dr RP Sharma on Tuesday suspended two Traffic Constables, Bikash Kumar Nayak and Pramod Kumar Samal, on the charges of manhandling five journalists on Monday evening at the AG Square here.
The Commissioner assured the journalists that such unpleasant incidents will not be repeated in the city. He said steps would be taken to train the constables to behave well with media persons.According to reports, five journalists were injured when a gang of constables on duty manhandled them in the Traffic police station at AG Square here. The incident happened following an altercation between two mediapersons and Traffic constables regarding crossing a road in front of the Traffic police station.
As the altercation grew deeper, a group of seven policemen allegedly thrashed the two journalists concerned. They did not spare three other journalists who came to the rescue of their colleagues either.This apart, a journalist also lost a costly camera and a mobile phone in the attack, the agitating journalists alleged.
Sharma reached the spot at around 12.30 am and initiated a fresh round of talks with the scribes on dharna. After getting assurance from Dr Sharma, the journalists called off the agitation at 1.30am.