The district police have booked former chief parliamentary secretary Bakshish Singh Virk and around 200 others for their alleged involvement in an attack on a journalist in Assandh.

As per the copy of FIR, accessed by the HT, the police have booked Virk and Gursevak, Jeevan, Angrej Singh Charanpal amongst 200 others under section 307, 323, 379 A, 427, 452, 506, 148 and 149 for allegedly attacking Rajat Rana of Assandh on August 18.

In his complaint the victim alleged around 200 Sikh youths, including supporters of MLA Virk, had allegedly beaten him and colleagues, and also vandalised their office when they were working on August 18.