A journalist – who fell unconscious after being allegedly assaulted by the police – was chained to a bed using handcuffs at a hospital in Odisha's Balasore, and was released after the visuals were aired on local news channels, according to a report by Sambad English.
“I had earlier exposed various activities of corruption and irregularities of the Nilagiri police, for which the inspector in-charge had a grudge against me. As many as 11 homeguards of the police station have got appointments by furnishing forged certificates as they had exceeded the upper age limit…Besides, the IIC has been receiving bribes from drug peddlers in Nilagiri. I had reported the two incidents,” Lokanath Dalei, a reporter associated with Odia daily Sambad and TV channel Kanak News, told Sambad English.
