Three NDTV reporters, one cameraman assaulted amidst North East Delhi violence
New Delhi: Three NDTV reporters and a cameraman of the channel were on Tuesday assaulted by armed mobs amidst the North East Delhi violence. An NDTV report on the issue claimed that there were no police deployment at the site to prevent the attacks on its reporters.
According to the channel’s report one of their reporter Arvind Gunasekar lost his tooth while he was under attack by the mobs and their other reporter Saurabh Shukla also received a few hits as he was hit by a lathi and was punched on his back while trying to help Arvind.
The report added both Arvind and Saurabh managed to escape and are safe now.
In another incident NDTV’s Mariyam Alvi was also hit on the back by mobs in different parts of North East Delhi where she was reporting along with fellow reporter Sreenivasan Jain and cameraman Sushil Rathee. Sushil has also reportedly sustained injuries.
“Our colleagues are safe - but the violence they were exposed to shows the scale of dangerous mobs roaming different neighbourhoods that are already ruptured by tension. And the urgent need for better police patrols and presence” the NDTV report added.
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ED searches: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accuses Centre of targeting Cong leaders
Chamarajanagara (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the central government and its agencies of consistently targeting Congress members by using searches on their properties, and questioned why similar action is not taken against BJP leaders.
He was reacting to searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday on several individuals, among them the sons of Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris and the grandson of former Union Cabinet minister K Rahman Khan, in connection with a cryptocurrency-linked money laundering case.
"The central government always targets Congress leaders. Will they raid the houses of BJP leaders?" Siddaramaiah said in response to a question. More than a dozen premises in the city were searched as part of the operation carried out by the ED under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The premises searched comprised those of Mohammed Haris Nalapad and Omar Farook Nalapad, the sons of the MLA; Aqeeb Khan, the grandson of veteran Congress leader K Rahman Khan; and an alleged crypto hacker, Srikrishna Ramesh, alias Sriki, officials said.
The money laundering case stems from Karnataka Police FIRs and charge sheets filed in a 2017 case involving the hacking of national and international websites, theft of bitcoins, and the sale of these stolen virtual digital assets (VDAs) through crypto platforms by the alleged hacker Sriki and his associates.
Mohammed Haris Nalapad, Omar Farook Nalapad, and Aqeeb Khan are alleged to be beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime generated through this crypto-linked activity, officials added.
