Bhubaneswar: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a news report of a television journalist being physically assaulted in Balangir district on May 25 and issued a notice to the DGP seeking a detailed report within two weeks.The commission observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of the human rights of the journalist. Bijaya Kumar Pradhan was attacked by some miscreants when he went to a construction site in Kulthipali with his nephew to investigate following allegations of corruption in the construction of a retaining wall along the village road. His legs and hands were tied, and he was paraded through the village before being tied to a pole and mercilessly beaten.According to the news report on May 26, the victim’s mobile phones and video camera were also smashed by the perpetrators, and he was threatened not to report anything about the incident or the ongoing construction to anyone.Balangir police have arrested five persons, including the mastermind Gajendra Dalei (43). The project, worth around Rs 10 lakh, was awarded by the Puintala block administration and executed by Gajendra.Gajendra objected to the journalist filming the ongoing work and allegedly instigated his associates Abinash Dalei, Aditya Jena, Gumar Naik, and others to assault him.Bhubaneswar: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a news report of a television journalist being physically assaulted in Balangir district on May 25 and issued a notice to the DGP seeking a detailed report within two weeks.The commission observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of the human rights of the journalist. Bijaya Kumar Pradhan was attacked by some miscreants when he went to a construction site in Kulthipali with his nephew to investigate following allegations of corruption in the construction of a retaining wall along the village road. His legs and hands were tied, and he was paraded through the village before being tied to a pole and mercilessly beaten.According to the news report on May 26, the victim’s mobile phones and video camera were also smashed by the perpetrators, and he was threatened not to report anything about the incident or the ongoing construction to anyone.Balangir police have arrested five persons, including the mastermind Gajendra Dalei (43). The project, worth around Rs 10 lakh, was awarded by the Puintala block administration and executed by Gajendra.Gajendra objected to the journalist filming the ongoing work and allegedly instigated his associates Abinash Dalei, Aditya Jena, Gumar Naik, and others to assault him.