A journalist associated with Times Now was allegedly assaulted by hospital security on Tuesday in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal. In a video which went viral on social media, Govind Gurjar claimed he was beaten up at Bansal hospital.
राष्ट्रवादी एंकर @navikakumar के चैनल टाइम्स नाउ के पत्रकार- गोविंद गुर्जर के बच्चों और परिवारजनों का एक्सिडेंट हो गया, वे जब अस्पताल में उनसे मिलने गए तो अस्पताल के गार्ड्स ने उनकी ये हालत कर दी। ये नॉर्मल पत्रकार नहीं हैं बल्कि चैनल के MP हेड हैं। खुद देख लीजिए क्या हुआ है। pic.twitter.com/mfgcJfCGfp
— Shyam Meera Singh (@ShyamMeeraSingh) May 3, 2022
According to Navbharat Times, the journalist’s family was in an accident on Tuesday which caused serious injuries to Gurjar’s wife, children and his brother-in-law’s family. In the video, Gurjar claimed his daughter had suffered multiple fractures.
With the alleged help of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Gurjar got his family admitted to Bansal hospital, the report said. He then “went to meet his wife and children” and “lost his cool”, as per his video statement, due to the number of visitors present. At this point, he alleged, the hospital’s security personnel “hit me and behaved horribly”.
“I hope to god that nobody comes to such a hospital,” he said in the video. Addressing chief minister Chouhan directly, he added, “I can't even describe it.”
Later, the BJP’s media representative for Madhya Pradesh, Lokendra Parashar, tweeted that both the chief minister and home minister had told authorities to take “appropriate action” in the case.
राजधानी भोपाल के वरिष्ठ पत्रकार श्री गोविंद गुर्जर के साथ जो घटना हुई है, उसे गंभीरता से लिया गया है ।
— लोकेन्द्र पाराशर Lokendra parashar (@LokendraParasar) May 3, 2022
माननीय मुख्यमंत्री जी और गृह मंत्री जी ने घटना के बारे में संपूर्ण जानकारी जुटाने और समुचित कार्यवाही करने के निर्देश दिए हैं।
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