Scribe injured in attack at Chennur

A scribe working with a vernacular newspaper was assaulted by unknown assailants in Chennur on Monday.
Venkatesh, who is working for a Telugu newspaper, suffered grievous injuries on his face as some as as attacked him with a sharp object around 10 pm on Monday.
In a video released by him, Venkatesh accused a Congress leader from Chennur and his followers of engineering attack on him. He alleged that the attack was in retaliation to his report in the newspaper against the leaders.
Former Chennur MLA Balka Suman condemned the incident and urged the DGP to take action against the culprits.