TV journalist thrashed, stripped, urinated in mouth in UP: Report

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TV journalist thrashed, stripped, urinated in mouth in UP: Report
TV journalist thrashed, stripped, urinated in mouth in UP: Report

Shamli : A TV journalist who was believed to be covering a train derailment story in Uttar Pradesh has been allegedly thrashed and stripped by the GRP personnel on Tuesday night. He was later allegedly dragged to GRP police station in Shamli.

He claimed that the phone he was using to cover the derailment has also been seized by the police personnel. 

“While covering the story, I was beaten up by the police present there in the civil uniform and dragged me to the police station, which was 200 metres away from the place of incident, and hurled abuses,” claimed the journalist.

According to a news report, Rakesh Kumar, Station House Officer (SHO), Government Railway Police (GRP) and constable Sunil Kumar, involved in the whole incident, have been suspended.

On Tuesday, in another case of journalist in police custody, the Supreme Court ordered release of Prashant Kanojia after he was arrested by the UP police for ‘defamatory post’ on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.