"Asked To Strip By Cops": Journalist Who Went To Cover BJP MLA Story
NDTV
A local journalist and YouTuber, who was identified in the photo, alleged he was abused, beaten up and asked to strip by some police personnel when he went to cover a protest against a local BJP MLA.
A group of men, including a journalist and theatre artists, were seen stripped down to their undergarments inside a police station in Madhya Pradesh in a post that has gone viral now. The eight men were seen standing against the wall with their hands clasped in front.
A local journalist and YouTuber, who was identified in the photo, alleged he was abused, beaten up and asked to strip by some police personnel when he went to cover a protest against a local BJP MLA.
The incident allegedly happened on Saturday in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district when the journalist went to cover the protest against the arrest of theatre artist Neeraj Kunder for making alleged indecent remarks against BJP MLA Kedarnath Shukla Shukla and his son Kedar Guru Dutt Shukla using a fake Facebook profile.
Kanishka Tiwari, the journalist, claimed he and his camera person were arrested and charged with several sections, including trespassing and disturbance of public peace. "Why are you running stories against the MLA?" he was allegedly asked by the police.
