Silchar, May 29 -- A 26-year-old journalist working for a Bengali newspaper in Assam's Silchar was allegedly assaulted by a group of men, who also vandalised the office of the media house, police said on Friday.

Police officers said the attack took place in the Second Link Road area of Silchar town at around 7:30 pm on Thursday, following which the victim lodged a First Information Report (FIR) at Rangirkhari Police Station.

"Based on the FIR, we have registered a case and also detained one of the accused persons. We have collected CCTV footage to identify others, and further investigation is underway," Cachar additional superintendent of police (crime) Rajat Pal said.

Raju Das, who works as a reporter and anchor for Silchar-based news...