SC Protects Two MP Journalists Covering Sand Mafia From Arrest - The Statesman

Supreme Court grants interim protection from arrest to MP Journalist alleging police assault

The journalists have alleged that they were targeted by police due to their reporting on alleged corruption related to sand mining.

SC protects two MP journalists covering sand mafia from arrest - The Statesman

A vacation bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Manmohan granted the journalists two weeks to approach the Madhya Pradesh High Court for appropriate relief, while restraining the authorities from taking any coercive action during this period.

Supreme Court protects two Madhya Pradesh journalists against coercive action, asks them to move High Court

The journalists alleged that they were kidnapped, assaulted in custody and subjected to casteist slurs by a senior police officer and his subordinates for reporting on illegal sand mining activities.

SC grants 2 weeks’ protection from arrest to MP journalists who alleged police assault

The bench told the two journalists to move the Madhya Pradesh High Court for any further relief.

Supreme Court grants interim protection from arrest to journalists who alleged assault by MP Police

The two journalists have alleged they were “invited” to have a cup of tea with Bhind superintendent of police at his chambers, where “they were physically assaulted...”

SC to hear MP journalists’ plea over police assault for reporting on illegal sand mining

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday, June 9, a plea filed by two Madhya Pradesh (MP) journalists who were allegedly assaulted and abused at the instance of Bhind’s Superintendent of Police over their reporting on “illegal sand mining” in the Chambal river. As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan will resume hearing the matter on June 9. On Wednes…