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India Today journalist attacked while covering Andhra polls, video camera smashed
By Apoorva Jayachandran4 min read at India Today
In brief
An [PUBLISHER] journalist and cameraman were allegedly assaulted by a mob while covering local body elections in Andhra Pradesh's Pulivendula.
The incident triggered accusations between the ruling TDP and the Opposition YSRCP.
Both parties shared videos and statements regarding the event, and former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy met the injured journalists and condemned the attacks.
This is an AI-estimated analysis and may not reflect the article's actual intent or the publisher's editorial position.
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An India Today journalist and a cameraman were allegedly assaulted by a mob while covering the local body elections in Andhra Pradesh's Pulivendula on Sunday, with their video camera smashed and mobile phones snatched. The incident triggered a war of words between the ruling TDP and the Opposition YSRCP, with both sides accusing each other of orchestrating the attack.
India Today Group Associate Editor Abdul Basheer, who covers Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and video journalist S Vijay had travelled from Hyderabad to Pulivendula on Saturday to report on the polling. They were stationed near a polling booth when unidentified individuals allegedly confronted the crew and attacked them.
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