Mob Attacks Indian Journalist Covering Reports of Illegal Construction in Maharashtra - Committee to Protect Journalists
NIGHOTWADI VILLAGE, MANCHAR, PUNE DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, JUL 4 – Sneha Barve was attacked while reporting on illegal construction allegedly by a criminal with past serious charges; five accused arrested but main suspect remains free, police said.
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Mob attacks Indian journalist covering reports of illegal construction in Maharashtra - Committee to Protect Journalists
New Delhi, July 15, 2025—Authorities in India’s western state of Maharashtra must bring all of journalist Sneha Barwe’s attackers to justice and take decisive steps to ensure press members can safely do their jobs, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Barwe, the founder of the Samarth Bharat Pariwar YouTube-based news channel, was brutally beaten July 4 while reporting on claims of illegal construction activity on disputed land i…
Who Is Sneha Barve? Pune Journalist Attacked By Mob While Reporting In Manchar
A case has been registered at the Manchar Police Station in Pune district against 12 individuals for allegedly assaulting a female journalist and three others who had gone to report on unauthorised construction within Nighotwadi village limits.
Pune-based female journalist beaten with stick on camera while reporting
In a shocking event, a case was registered by Pune Police after a journalist was brutally beaten with rods while she was reporting on an illegal construction activity on a riverbed in Pune. In a video that has gone viral since, journalist Sneha Barve, the editor of Samarth Bharat newspaper and SBP Youtube channel, was on the ground when a few men assaulted her and injured her when she was reporting in Manchar town near Pune in Maharashtra on Jul…
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