Vittal: Some ABVP misguided members in Bantwal Taluk at Vittla attacked a journalist Mohd. Ali of Meginapete on Monday, who was also a graduating student, for reporting to a daily about a vigilance attack on students that had occurred last week. Ali was kicked on the stomach and the back in a roadside drain, with cricket stumps and bats. He (victim) is recovering in the Vittal Govt. Hospital at present.
A student (Hindu) had led him out of the college premises into a lane where about 10 more students were waiting for him to beat up. Although other scribes also had reported the last week’s skirmish, Ali was made the target for revenge for his vigilante attack report.
The attack was on 7 students outside an ice-cream parlour, Ali recalled.
After the assault on Ali, DK Working Journalists’ Union representatives met Alok Mohan, IGP (western range) with a memorandum urging arrest of the guilty gang.