Journalist assaulted, police accused of not taking action against coal mafia
MCB. The spirits of the coal mafia are high in the district. In the city of black diamonds, the coal mafia has neither the fear of the police nor the fear of the law. Now incidents of fighting even with rogue journalists associated with the coal mafia are becoming common. Illegal traders of coal in Podi area of Chirmiri these days are doing illegal mining of coal on one side without any fear. Whereas the police and SECL management are helplessly watching the spectacle.
A complaint about the incident of assault on the journalist was registered in Podi police station. After the incident of assault on the journalist came to the fore, the regional journalists opened a front against it. After this, the journalists gathered in the police station and started demanding a ban on the black business of illegal coal. In this regard, journalists have also talked to SECL officers along with the police. In which it has been said that if the incidents of fighting with journalists do not stop, then the entire journalist organization will be bound for agitation in future.
Journalists have warned the police and SECL management. But how the SECL management and police will act on the coal mafia of Chirmiri area. Time will tell. But the way the coal mafia is getting into a fight with the journalist. This clearly shows how active the police system and SECL management are in the area.
