Dera followers attacked a media crew and snatched their vehicle in Sirsa on Sunday. A case was registered in connection with the incident.
According to reports, TV18 crew members were filming the Dera Sacha Sauda from the main road outside the Dera around 10.20 am. Cameraman Sunil and reporter Dharamvir Sharma were in a Swift Dzire car driven by Inderjit.
Suddenly, a Swift car began following them. They drove 6 km to shake off the car, but they had to stop at a police barricade, where the Swift car caught up with them.
Dera followers pulled out the TV 18 crew members from their car, beat them and tried to snatch their camera; all in front of the police and paramilitary personnel at the barricade, the report said.
The assailants took away the journalists’ car and fled the spot. Police recovered the vehicle after a 90-minute search and returned it to the journalists, it said.