<p>A woman journalist working for a <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/indias-got-latent-case-maharashtra-cyber-again-questions-samay-raina-and-ranveer-allahbadia-23519961" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">YouTube</a> channel was allegedly attacked by the sand mafia in the coastal Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The incident occurred on Sunday, an officer said.</p>
<p>The complainant, identified as Swati Hadkar, had gone to capture videos of an illegal sand excavation activity at a river in Chiplun, he added.</p>
<p>"At the site, some members of the sand mafia attacked her, following which she was rushed to a state-run hospital," the officer said.</p>
<p>Hadkar had earlier covered several news stories about <a href="https://mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-destroy-items-seized-from-illegal-hawkers-says-bjp-mla-23517258" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">illegal </a>sand-mining activities in the Chiplun area, he informed.</p>
<p>Police have registered a case against unidentified persons at the Chiplun Police Station, and a probe is underway.</p>
<p>In February 2023, Shashikant Warishe (48), a journalist with Mahanagri Times, died after being mowed down by an SUV allegedly driven by a land dealer at Rajapur in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/34-year-old-rto-officer-assaulted-by-unidentified-person-in-mumbai-23445846" rel="nofollow">Ratnagiri</a> district.&nbsp;</p>
<p>He had written against the accused, which angered the latter, according to police.&nbsp;</p>
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