Local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Saturday attacked a local TV reporter in Karnataka's Tumkur district for reporting on issues of illegal mining in the state, reported ANI.
Local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Saturday attacked a local TV reporter in Karnataka's Tumkur district for reporting on issues of illegal mining in the state, reported ANI.
A video of the incident has been doing rounds in the social media. In the video the BJP members can be seen beating a reporter.
All the BJP party members have been booked based on the FIR that was registered by the attacked TV reporter.
Congress leader Suraj Hegde in the mean time has condemned the incident and requested for stringent action against the culprits.
Speaking to ANI, he said, "The reporter's job is to bring out the truth and if a person is attacked for doing his job, it is not acceptable."
"These days many incidents such as killings of reporter come to light. If reporters are threatened then the fourth pillar of democracy will be affected," added Hedge.
In 2013, a slew of cases related to the illegal mining of iron ore were handed to the CBI after large-scale irregularities were reported in Karnataka. However, the CBI later wrote a letter to the State's Chief Secretary saying it cannot register any case because of technical reasons.