A journalist and his parents were allegedly beaten up by the son of a BJP MP and his friend in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district after he published a report on irregularities in a government scheme, police said today. An FIR was registered against Devendra Singh Maravi (32) and his friend Shivwrat Singh today at Lakahnpur police station, based on the complaint filed by journalist Rajesh Prasad Gupta. Devendra is the son of Kamalbhan Singh Maravi, BJP MP from Surguja.

Gupta, who lives in village Jamgala and works for Raipur-based Hindi newspaper “Haribhoomi”, had reported alleged irregularities in the implementation of `Nal Jal’ scheme in the village, a local police official told PTI. Gupta alleged in his complaint that Devendra, who also belongs to the same village, was enraged by the report; landed at his doorstep yesterday with his friend and assaulted Gupta.