00:00We're now getting some breaking news. This is from Andhra Pradesh and this is regarding the civic poll coverage that
00:06turned violent in Andhra Pradesh.
00:08Unidentified boons target India Today crew. India Today reporting crew's camera was smashed in Andhra Pradesh.
00:15Reporter and camera crew were assaulted. Their phones were also snatched.
00:20India Today's reporter Abdul Bashir and camera person Vijay were targeted in Andhra Pradesh.
00:26And in fact these clashes are being reported from Puli Vendula in Andhra Pradesh.
00:31So the messengers, the media was targeted during the civic polls coverage which turned violent.
00:37There were unidentified boons that targeted the India Today crew.
00:41They were reporting about the civic polls. Their camera was smashed.
00:45In fact their phones were also snatched and the reporter Abdul Bashir and camera person Vijay were assaulted.
00:52Their phones were snatched is what we are learning.
00:55The camera was also targeted and these clashes are being reported from Puli Vendula where this assault took place on
01:04the media.
01:06On the India Today crew which was covering the Andhra Pradesh civic polls that turned violent in Puli Vendula where
01:12unidentified boons targeted the India Today crew members.
01:16The camera person Abdul Bashir and the reporter Abdul Bashir and camera person Vijay were targeted by these unidentified goons
01:26in Andhra Pradesh while they were covering the civic polls.
01:30So this is what we are learning.
01:33So this is what we are learning that the media was targeted in Andhra Pradesh.
01:38These clashes are being reported from Puli Vendula.
01:40The media personnel were covering the election.
01:44The India Today crew was targeted, the camera person was targeted, the reporter Abdul Bashir was targeted.
01:51According to sources the camera was smashed and the reporter was assaulted and journalists mobile phones were also snatched during
01:59this incident.
01:59So not just, they were not just assaulted, the camera was smashed as you can see in these visuals and
02:06their phones were also snatched by these unidentified goons.
02:10So camera person Vijay and Abdul Bashir, our reporter, India Today's reporter, these, as you can see in these visuals
02:19on the left side of your screen, these two, the India Today crew members, they were assaulted by these unidentified
02:25goons who were walking with these sticks, lathees, as you can see on your screens right now on the right
02:32side of your screens.
02:32And this was during the civic poll coverage in Puli Vendula in Andhra Pradesh when this assault took place.
02:39This is India Today's camera person Vijay along with our reporter Abdul Bashir who were assaulted and the camera was
02:49smashed.
02:49As you can see these visuals, this is the India Today's camera that was smashed by these goons and the
02:55reporter was assaulted, the camera person was assaulted.
02:58That phones were also snatched during this incident while they were covering the civic polls in Andhra Pradesh, Puli Vendula.
03:06My colleague Apoorva is now joining us with more details on this. Apoorva, absolutely horrifying visuals coming to the fore.
03:14And India Today's crew members who have been assaulted while covering the civic polls help us understand what exactly unfolded
03:21today in Puli Vendula.
03:30All right, we'll try to reestablish that connection with my colleague Apoorva, but shocking and absolutely horrifying news coming to
03:38the fore from Andhra Pradesh where civic polls were during covering the civic polls.
03:44Our crew, India Today's crew members were assaulted. On your screens right now on the left, you can see these
03:50are the India Today crew members who were assaulted.
03:53Camera person Vijay along with our reporter Abdul Bashir. The camera was smashed.
03:57You can clearly see in these visuals how our reporter is trying to console the camera person who was assaulted.
04:03The camera was smashed and not just that their phones were also snatched away by these unidentified goons while they
04:10were covering the Andhra Pradesh civic polls.
04:12On the right side, you can see these visuals, how these unidentified goons are carrying these these sticks along with
04:19them and how they were assaulting the people, the media personnel who were covering the Andhra Pradesh civic polls.
04:26I think we're going to say some of the news because we're going to go through with the non-rights
04:26will
04:26and we're going to go through the news.
04:26But it's just I've got the news, right?
04:26And we're kind of, you know, the news, right?
