Boy’s murder: 9 journos among 50 injured as police cane protesters

gurugram — At least 50 people, including nine scribes and photo journalists, were injured when police baton-charged a group of people protesting the brutal murder of a seven-year-old student in Ryan International School here and demanding the arrest of the school management.

A liquor vend near the school was also set on fire.

The police used force to disperse the protesters who were agitating outside the school in Bhondsi in the wake of the murder of Class 2 student Pradhuman, who was on Friday found in the washroom with his throat slit.

“We were protesting peacefully outside the school but police suddenly baton-charged us without any provocation,” said a protester.

The journalists covering the protest were also injured.

“TV journalists Sunil Yadav, Sushil Kumar, and photo journalists Yogesh Kumar and Abhishek were injured and have been admitted to the civil hospital,” senior journalist Naveen Panchal said. “Yogesh Kumar suffered a fracture in his right hand while Abhishek’s left hand was fractured,” he said.

Senior journalist Mahavir Yadav from a national Hindi daily, and fellow journalists Pawan Sethi, Sanjay Chauhan, Lok Kumar and Dinesh Kumar were also injured.

The journalists were targeted after a senior police officer allegedly said that “all this (protest) was happening due to the media coverage”. —