WATCH | Indore: Ex-Congress Councillor Anwar Qadri beats up journalist & his family for publishing news against him

NewsBharati 29-Feb-2024 15:00:53 PM

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Indore, Feb 29: In a shocking development, former Congress councillor Anwar Qadri barged into the house of a local journalist with a gun and assaulted him and his family in the Badwali Chowki area of Indore late on Wednesday night. The accused thrashed the journalist for allegedly publishing news against him. A CCTV video of entering the house and creating a ruckus went viral on social media.

In the video, one can see that former councilor Anwar Qadri along with his associates entered Javed Khan's house who kicked him and punched him. Javed alleged that Qadri even beat the women of the house and they also vandalized.

After the victim filed a complaint, Sadar Bazar police got the victim medically examined and registered a case against the accused. The accused also filed a counter FIR. On the complaint of Javed, the police have registered a case against former councilor Anwar Qadri, Zuber, Anees Qureshi and Aslam under sections including assault.

Indore: Former Congress councilor Anwar Kadri Saheb, who after a news regarding him went viral on WhatsApp, reached a local journalist's house allegedly waving a gun, beat up the journalist, including women & threatened children. CCTV footage goes viralpic.twitter.com/766CuS5nPM
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'Mother was also beaten'

Javed lives in South Bajaria and is a journalist by profession. “At 6 pm, a news article was written on WhatsApp against Anwar Qadri regarding illegal property acquisition. Due to this, Anwar and his associates entered my house on Wednesday night,” he said.

He added that Anwar Qadri had a gun in his hand. “He started abusing me for publishing news on WhatsApp. When my mother Zohrabi came forward in my rescue, she was also beaten with kicks and punches. They beat me up too. I injured my chest and leg,” he said.