Mediapersons manhandled by alleged BSP workers

MUMBAI: Four mediapersons were manhandled by alleged BSP workers in central Mumbai on Sunday.
       
Police, who were witness to the incident, did not do anything to stop the attackers, jornalists present at the spot alleged.
       
Sudhir Sawant, who was sacked from Bahujan Samaj Party a few days ago, had arranged a meeting at Shirodkar Highschool in Parel, central Mumbai, this afternoon.
       
Police had denied them permission to hold the meeting, so when meeting started, Sawant and his supporters were detained and taken away by the police. They were later released.
       
Immediately thereafter, another group of BSP workers started shouting slogans against Sawant. When the media teams rushed to shoot the incident, four persons from the mob came forward and assaulted cameramen Rajesh Chavan, Ravi Umbarkar and another photographer, said Kothekar.
       
Narendra Kothekhar, a reporter with a newschannel too was manhandled when he tried to intervened.
       
All this while, the policemen present there took no action, said Kothekar.
       
Later at the Bhoiwada police station too, the police intially refused to register complaint against assailants, he said.
       
Police sources confirmed the detention of Sawant and his supporters, but said no information was available regarding the assault on mediapersons.
       
The complaint was registered late in the evening against unidentified persons.