Overview
- Reporter Hemant Sharma and his cameraperson—identified by outlets as either Raja Khan or Raja Sharma—were attacked at the RTO premises in Nayta Mundla around 11:30 a.m.
- The pair had been documenting an alleged nexus involving driving-licence trials and middlemen at the Indore Regional Transport Office.
- An FIR filed at Tejaji Nagar police station names Narendra Chouhan, Ankit Chintaman, Vinod, Gajendra, Shankar Prajapati, Nitin and Pawan under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections.
- The attackers allegedly smashed the camera, issued death threats if the journalists returned, and left both with injuries to the head, arms and neck.
- Indore police say an investigation is underway with efforts to arrest the accused, as a video showing the assault circulates on social media.