India, June 9 -- Following physical attacks by the Bhind District police, two journalists have left Madhya Pradesh and taken refuge in Delhi and have moved the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India seeking protection from the Madhya Pradesh police. Their crime: Writing reports about the illegal sand mining from the Chambal riverbed carried out by the powerful sand mafia in collusion with the Bhind District police.

The two journalists, Shashikant Jatav, a member of the scheduled caste, and Amarkant Singh Chouhan, in their petition to the Supreme Court, sought a direction to the Madhya Pradesh police not to take any coercive action against them. The Supreme Court Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra issued a notice t...