<p>At least eight mediapersons were seriously injured Friday when junior doctors and medical students beat them up at a Tripura government medical college and hospital here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Some medical students and junior doctors attacked the annoyed relatives of a dead patient at the government-run Gobinda Ballav Pant Medical College and Hospital.<br /><br /> When the journalists tried to take pictures of the incidents, medical students and junior doctors assaulted them," Ramakanta Dey, a senior photo-journalist, told reporters.<br /><br />Dey, who also seriously injured and being in a hospital, said: "Medical students armed with sticks rushed to the spot from their hostels. At least eight journalists were seriously injured. Their cameras and two-wheelers were damaged by the students."<br /><br />Leaders of journalist's organisations met Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty and demanded stern action against the medical students and junior doctors.<br /><br />The Agartala Press Club and various media groups have condemned the incident and have demanded a probe into the incident.<br /><br />"We would conduct a high-level inquiry into the incident and take appropriate steps," Chakraborty told a delegation of journalists.<br /><br />Security forces have been deployed in the area.</p>
<p>At least eight mediapersons were seriously injured Friday when junior doctors and medical students beat them up at a Tripura government medical college and hospital here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Some medical students and junior doctors attacked the annoyed relatives of a dead patient at the government-run Gobinda Ballav Pant Medical College and Hospital.<br /><br /> When the journalists tried to take pictures of the incidents, medical students and junior doctors assaulted them," Ramakanta Dey, a senior photo-journalist, told reporters.<br /><br />Dey, who also seriously injured and being in a hospital, said: "Medical students armed with sticks rushed to the spot from their hostels. At least eight journalists were seriously injured. Their cameras and two-wheelers were damaged by the students."<br /><br />Leaders of journalist's organisations met Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty and demanded stern action against the medical students and junior doctors.<br /><br />The Agartala Press Club and various media groups have condemned the incident and have demanded a probe into the incident.<br /><br />"We would conduct a high-level inquiry into the incident and take appropriate steps," Chakraborty told a delegation of journalists.<br /><br />Security forces have been deployed in the area.</p>