Goa journalist accuses police of assault as he spoke Hindi

Panaji, Dec 30: A journalist working for a local news channel has accused two Goa Police officers of assaulting him because he spoke in Hindi. In his police complaint, Mukesh Kumar, who works for Prudent Media, said that he was targeted late Saturday by Inspector P.K. Vast and Sub-Inspector Vikram Naik for speaking in Hindi. He said he was also slapped on his head within the Panaji police station premises. "The police officers targeted me because I was speaking in Hindi and therefore believed I was not from Goa," Kumar told IANS.