Sandminers attack journalists in Punjab

Two journalists from News18 television channel, Sandeep Kumar and Neeraj Bali, who went to investigate reports of sandmining in Punjab's Jalalabad district, were grievously attacked by a mob of around 100 to 200 people on July 30.  They suffered head injuries when they were shoved into a room and thrashed. Their video equipment was damaged and bricks were thrown at them. Punjab police is investigating.