Journalists protest against attack on woman colleague

After the attack on a woman journalist and a cameraman in Esplanade mall of Bhubaneswar by the mall staff, journalists staged a protest outside the mall. The journalist's equipment was also destroyed in the earlier attack.

Bhubaneswar: Journalists protested in front of Esplanade shopping mall here on Sunday demanding the arrest of the mall staff who allegedly abused and thrashed a woman journalist and a cameraperson on Saturday.

The woman journalist Swati Jena along with a cameraperson was allegedly attacked by employees of the shopping mall while doing a story on the illegal collection of parking fee in Bomikhal.

"Incident of an alleged attack on a media team has been reported. FIR is being registered in Saheed Nagar Police Station. We are securing all the visuals and will act strictly in accordance with the law," said Office of Police Commissioner.

The journalist said she and her cameraperson were attacked by the mall employees and equipment was also destroyed.

"They attacked me and the cameraperson, our equipment also got destroyed," Swati told.