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Seven Booked After Journalists Assaulted While Probing Indore RTO

Police cite circulating video evidence while taking statements at a private hospital.

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.