Kozhikode : Congress workers beat up news reporters who arrived to cover a group meeting of the party. The attack took place at the group gathering convened by KPCC Working President MLA T. Sidhique.
Mathrubhumi Photographer Sajan V Nambiar was assaulted in the incident. . Also beaten up was CR Rajesh from Asianet News and Megha from Kairali TV.
T Sudhique had called meeting of a faction from the A Group. The gathering, excluding prominent leaders like Abu, was intended to be held in secret.
News photographers who arrived to capture picture of the meeting at the hotel on Kallai Road , were suddenly attacked without provocation.
Context : T. Sidhique's flip over to K Sudhakaran side had caused crack in the district’s Group.