Coimbatore, Sept 24: An inquiry has been ordered into the alleged assault of a Tamil daily reporter by revenue officials at Tirupur near here, official sources said today.
In an order issued this evening, Coimbatore District Collector S Kosalaraman said "it has been decided to conduct an inquiry on the alleged occurrence and hence Hastings Hope, District Revenue Officer (Stamps), Coimbatore, is hereby appointed as an inquiry officer for this purpose."
"While conducting the subordinates meeting by the District Revenue officer, Coimbatore at Tirupur Revenue Divisional Office in order to give effective implementation of the Chief minister's farmers security scheme, a wordy exchange between a representative of the press and Revenue Divisional Officer was reported" which led to filing of police complaints, the order said.
The Collector has requested Hope to submit his report before September 30.
The 'Dinamani' reporter, K Manikandan, was allegedly assaulted by revenue officials and detained 'illegally' in a police station for more than three hours yesterday. Journalists protested against the incident and staged road rokos in Tirupur and Coimbatore last night.
