Milan Mahanta

The Gauhati High Court has granted anticipatory bail to three main accused in the shocking case of assault of journalist Milan Mahanta after his reports exposed rampant gambling by the land mafia with "strong" political links in Kamrup Rural district.

Three days after a savage attack on a journalist in Assam, the police are yet to catch the main accused and the outrage is piling up. Milan Mahanta was tied to an electric post and beaten in the middle of a busy road on Sunday in Mirza, 45 km west of Guwahati, by a gang of gamblers and members of the land mafia after reporting about them.

The Gauhati High Court has granted anticipatory bail to three main accused in the shocking case of assault of journalist Milan Mahanta after his reports exposed rampant gambling by the land mafia with "strong" political links in Kamrup Rural district.

Three days after a savage attack on a journalist in Assam, the police are yet to catch the main accused and the outrage is piling up. Milan Mahanta was tied to an electric post and beaten in the middle of a busy road on Sunday in Mirza, 45 km west of Guwahati, by a gang of gamblers and members of the land mafia after reporting about them.