Rajasthan Patrika scribe Pravin Tripathi was severely assaulted and gerivously wounded after supporters of BJP leader Ashish Tamrakar beat him up today. The BJP workers were upset at his reports that exposed wrongdoings in the public distribution system.
According to reports, the journalist was confined to a room and beaten up. He has been admitted to hospital. The Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee has condemned the assault on the journalist and the repeated assaults on the media by the ruling BJP in Chhattisgarh.