He kept punching me: journalist Revati Laul after attack by Gujarat riots convict

January 21, 2016 10:15

Suresh Chhara, a convict in a Gujarat riots case who is out on parole, allegedly assaulted jounalist Revati Laul on Wednesday evening when she met him for an interview.

Revati Laul, who is writing a book on the convicts in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case, alleged that she was punched and slapped by Suresh Chhara when she asked him some questions during an interview at his house in Naroda area of Ahmedabad.

She claims that she managed to escape after Suresh Chhara's son and some neighbours intervened.

Revati told ANI: "I was asking him if he wanted to share information about himself, his past, family. After five minutes, he stood up and came towards me, then he started beating me. He kept on punching me and banged my head to the wall. I somehow managed to flee from the spot and later filed a police complaint against him."

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