A journalist of an Odia daily was on Thursday shackled to a hospital bed in Balasore district like a hardened criminal following his arrest over a “minor altercation” with a Home Guard.
The motorcycle of Niranjan Rana, a Home Guard at the Nilagiri Police Station, collided with the motorcycle of the journalist, Loknath Dalei, Nilagiri block correspondent for the Sambad daily, on April 4.
“As my motorcycle was damaged in the impact of the collision, I asked Mr. Rana to repair the vehicle and till this was done, I kept his helmet. However, after sometime, I gave his helmet [back to him],” Mr. Dalei said.
