Guwahati based young reporter Mr Mukut Roy went to cover an incident where the city police conducted a raid in a godown located in Gorchuk area of the city on May 22, 2015. The raid against the godown was following a tip-off that a massive racket was supplying expired consumer products after repackaging those to retailers. The repackaging was suspected to be done in that godown.
Mukut Roy went for reporting, but he was little late and alone at that moment. He talked to the owner of the godown (Mr Indra Mohan Kalita and his wife) about the issue. After some debates, both Kalita and his wife assaulted the scribe and even broke his cell phone.
Shockingly, there were some police personnel nearby but they did not respond to the situation.
Mr Kalita is understood to be the project director of DRDA in Karbi
Anglong of Assam. The journalist later filed a case (229/15) at
Gorchuk police station against the couple. Next day a group of
journalists demonstrated their resentments and staged dharna at Dispur Last Gate point.
Meanwhile, the Electronic Media Forum Assam (EMFA) has condemned the incident and urged the authority to take appropriate actions against the offenders. The EMFA reiterated its old demand for a special law to protect the media persons on duty across the country.