Journalists bashed up while reporting on corruption at Indore RTO, seven booked

Two journalists were beaten up successful Madhya Pradesh’s Indore connected Friday (November 28, 2025) erstwhile they were reporting connected alleged corruption successful the RTO office, constabulary said, adding that 7 radical person been booked successful the case. 

According to police, Hemant Sharma, a newsman with a nationalist quality channel, and Raja Khan, the channel’s cameraperson, were thrashed connected the RTO premises successful Indore’s Nayta Mundla by a radical of men. 

Indore Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rajesh Dandotiya told The Hindu that an FIR has been registered against 7 radical astatine the Tejaji Nagar constabulary presumption based connected a ailment from Mr. Sharma. 

Mr. Dandotiya said the FIR has been lodged nether Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 296(B), 115(2), 351(3), 324 (4), 309(6), and 3 (5) against Narendra Chouhan, Ankit Chintaman, Vinod, Gajendra, Shankar Prajapati, Nitin and Pawan, each residents of Indore. 

“The incidental took spot astir 11.30 a.m. and we got accusation from a backstage infirmary wherever the 2 journalists were receiving treatment. A constabulary squad went to the infirmary to grounds their statements,” Mr. Dandotiya said, adding that an probe has been launched successful the lawsuit and efforts are connected to nab the accused. 

A purported video of the incidental has surfaced connected societal media, showing a radical of men dragging and thrashing the 2 journalists. 

According to the FIR, Mr. Sharma and Mr. Khan were covering an alleged scam connected trials for driving licence and the engagement of middlemen astatine the RTO office.

“On November 28, erstwhile we went to the RTO bureau for our last sum and began to sprout connected our camera, 3 men — Ankit Chintaman, Vinod and location defender Narendra Chouhan — objected to it and began to maltreatment us. They past called much radical and began beating america and pushed america to the floor. They besides snatched and broke our camera and threatened to termination america if we returned there,” Mr. Sharma alleged successful the FIR. 

The 2 journalists suffered injuries connected their head, arms and neck.