Journalist attacked inside Punjab jail after he had gone to interview Balwant Singh Rajoana

Senior Punjab journalist Kanwar Sandhu was attacked inside a Patiala jail after had gone to interview Balwant Singh Rajoana.

Rajoana is convicted for assassinating former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.

The Punjab government has suspended a prison official for allowing an unauthorised interview inside jail.

A probe has also been ordered into the sequence of events.