Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday alleged that the journalists were facing atrocities under BJP's rule and they were using every trick to "encounter the morale" of the media.

Yadav posted a video on X in which some people were seen beating a man after stripping him.

In his post, he said, "Murder of a journalist, pressuring journalists, giving monthly payments to journalists, FIRs lodged against journalists, beating journalists after stripping them, forcing them to drink unwanted things... In BJP rule, every trick is being used to ‘encounter the morale’ of the media" "Today’s media says, we don’t want BJP", he added.

Replying to Yadav's post on 'X', Hamirpur police said that an FIR regarding the incident was registered on Monday. However, the video surfaced online on Friday.

Among the named accused, RK Soni has been arrested. Police teams have been formed to arrest the others involved in the incident.

Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Telegraph Online staff and has been published from a syndicated feed.