: A Tamil TV channel reporter covering the road roko of AIADMK candidate Om Sakthi Segar in protest against presence of 'outsiders' in Nellithope constituency,where a bypoll was held, fainted in the melee.
Rahman, also secretary of Puducherry journalists Association, was rushed to a hospital and given immediate medical attention, officials said.
Later the speaker of Puducherry assembly V Vaithilingam, accompanied by convenor of Karaikal unit of DMK A M H Nazeemcalled on Rahman at the government general hospital here.
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