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A newsman moving for a backstage tv transmission was allegedly attacked and stabbed by a radical of persons astatine Muthupettai successful Tiruvarur district, precocious Monday.
The victim, identified arsenic Hajamaitheen, 37, a newsman with a backstage Tamil tv channel, sustained superior injuries and is undergoing attraction astatine Thanjavur Government Medical College Hospital.
According to constabulary sources, the incidental occurred astir 11.30 p.m. connected Monday erstwhile Abdul Basith, 20, on with a fewer others, allegedly came to the journalist’s residence connected Mosque Street successful Muthupettai and called him extracurricular nether the pretext of seeking help.
Police said an statement broke retired betwixt the two, during which Abdul Basith allegedly attacked Hajamaitheen with a bottle. The injured writer was initially admitted to the Government Hospital successful Muthupettai and aboriginal referred to Thanjavur Government Hospital for further treatment.
In a property statement, Tiruvarur District Police said preliminary enquiry revealed that the onslaught stemmed from a idiosyncratic quality and was not related to the victim’s assemblage arsenic a journalist.
The constabulary claimed that the accused confronted Hajamaitheen implicit his alleged relation with a pistillate related to 1 of the accused persons and that the quarrel escalated into violence.
Police besides refuted reports circulated by definite media outlets that the onslaught was linked to ganja depletion oregon the journalist’s nonrecreational work. Abdul Basith was arrested and remanded successful judicial custody, constabulary said.
Meanwhile, R.S. Bharathi, organising caput of the DMK, condemned the onslaught and urged the State authorities to instrumentality stringent enactment to safeguard property state and guarantee the information of journalists successful Tamil Nadu.
