Journalist beaten up for writing about quarantined families

Balasaheb Navgire was assaulted by a group of over 12 persons, most of them women, at Panegaon near Newase in the district on Wednesday

April 16, 2020 05:31 pm | Updated 05:52 pm IST - Ahmednagar

A 35-year-old jouranlist was assaulted in Maharashtra ’s Ahmednagar district for publishing a report about some families who had been home quarantined to prevent the spread of coronavirus , police said on Thursday.

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Balasaheb Navgire was assaulted by a group of over 12 persons, most of them women, at Panegaon near Newase in the district on Wednesday, said an official of Sonai police station.

Navgire had written in a local newspaper about 17 families who had been quarantined at home for suspected exposure to coronavirus , he said.

The accused allegedly believed that due to the report, their employers did not allow them to work and turned them away.

On Wednesday, a group of over a dozen persons reached Navgire’s house and beat him up.

A case was registered against them for assault, rioting as well as for breaking quarantine. No arrest has been made yet, the police official said.

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