Three YouTubers had been assaulted and their autos had been broken by a bunch of individuals in Pangala, few meters away from the home of the 2013 rape-murder sufferer in Dharmasthala on | Photo Credit: Special association
Tension prevailed in Dharmasthala on Wednesday after three YouTubers had been allegedly attacked by a bunch of individuals at Pangala within the temple city. Police used lathis to disperse the group.
Sources mentioned the YouTubers had been attacked whereas interviewing Big Boss fame Rajat who had returned after assembly the members of the family of a girl who was allegedly raped and murdered close to Dharmasthala in 2013.
The YouTubers, Ajay Anchan, Abhishek and Vijay, had been questioned by a bunch over their reviews on the SIT investigation. There was heated trade of phrases between the YouTubers and the group and the group reportedly prevented the YouTubers from recording it and attacked them. Their two autos and cameras had been reportedly additionally broken within the incident.
A couple of minutes after the alleged assault in Dharmasthala, Harish, a reporter with Asianet Suvarna information, was additionally allegedly attacked by a bunch at a non-public hospital in Ujire, close to Dharmasthala. Sources mentioned the tv reporter was attacked when he was popping out of the hospital after talking with the three YouTubers admitted for therapy.
Meanwhile, a lot of individuals staged protest in entrance of Dharmasthala police station within the night stating that the YouTubers had been “damaging the fame of the temple city” by airing “baseless reviews” on the continued investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged burials in Dharmasthala village.
Okay. Arun, Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada, quoting medical doctors, mentioned in an announcement that there was no grievous harm to anybody admitted to the hospital.
He mentioned FIRs had been being registered in Dharmasthala police station on the grievance of assault on YouTubers and harm to their autos “by members in assist of Dharmasthala” and for assaulting Suvarna News reporter “by members in assist of YouTubers”.
He mentioned one other FIR was being registered for illegal meeting in Pangala and in entrance of Dharmasthala police station and in entrance of the personal hospital at Ujire. “Appropriate authorized motion will probably be taken and additional instances will probably be booked after verification of movies,” Dr. Arun mentioned
Meanwhile, Amit Singh, Inspector General of Police (Western Range) rushed to Dharmasthala late within the night.
The Communist Party of India (Marxists) and the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) condemned the assaults on the media. Okay. Prakash, secretary, CPI (M), Karnataka, urged police to arrest the attackers and those that instigated the assaults.
Condemning the assaults, Digital Media for Democracy, Bengaluru in an announcement mentioned, “We hope the State authorities will stand by the democratic proper of media organisations and journalists, notably digital media who’ve been in forefront in exposing the alleged crimes round Dharmasthala.”
Published – August 07, 2025 03:40 am IST
