Attacks – Journalists
Ajay Anchan who runs the Kudla Rampage YouTube channel, Abhishek of United Media and Santhosh of Sanchari Studio were assaulted on the Dharmasthala-Pangala Road in Dharmasthala around 5 pm.
Tension prevailed in Dharmasthala on Wednesday, August 6, after three YouTubers were attacked, allegedly by a mob who accused them of insulting the Dharmasthala temple, its Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade and his brother D Harshendra Kumar.
Ajay Anchan who runs the Kudla Rampage YouTube channel, Abhishek of United Media and Santhosh of Sanchari Studio were assaulted on the Dharmasthala-Pangala Road in Dharmasthala around 5 pm.
The visuals from the incident show the cameras of the YouTubers broken. In another video, a group of around six unidentified men can be heard hurling abuses in Tulu, the local language, demanding, “What video are you making? What exactly are you trying to say about the Kshetra (Dharmasthala)?” One of the men then grabs Abhishek’s camera.
Ajay Anchan told TNM that he and his cameraperson Suhan had gone to interview Rajat Kishan G, a contestant on Bigg Boss Kannada, who had come to meet Sowjanya’s family. Sowjanya was raped and murdered in October 2012 and her killers have not been caught.
