Alerts | Physical attack by public

India journalist assaulted for writing about quarantined families

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A group of women assaulted Balasaheb Navgire, a journalist in Ahmednagar district of the western Indian state of Maharashtra after he reported about some families quarantined by the district authorities to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The members of these families claimed that they lost their jobs after the report was published and their identities revealed.

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