Eight personnel of Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai's security detail have been suspended after a visitor entered the CM's residence with a licenced revolver. It's the biggest known security breach of the CM in this insurgency-affected state.
Why Chhattisgarhâs journalists arenât sold on its mediapersons protection law
They are often targeted by the very officials the proposed law charges with protecting them, the journalists complain.
Journalists in Chhattisgarh protest against violent attacks on members of their fraternity.
The draft Chhattisgarh Protection of Mediapersons Act, publicised early this month, will ensure ânewsgatherersâ are able to do their work without fear of being targeted for it, or so the Bhupesh Baghel government claims. But journalists in the state, especially those working in the violence-ridden Bastar region, argue that the proposed law will do little to shield them from harassment, not least because the Baghel government itself has a track record of going after adversarial journalists.