Rishi Nagar, RED FM News Director, assaulted [Video]

Calgary police say they’re investigating the attack of a prominent local radio host over the weekend.

Rishi Nagar, a longtime news director for RED FM Calgary, says he was assaulted Sunday. 

Surveillance video shows two men follow Nagar out of the Rio Banquet Hall, in the city’s Horizon neighbourhood. A quick conversation is shown on camera before one man starts to throw a barrage of punches at the journalist. 

Eventually, a bystander breaks up the attack and the two men flee in a vehicle.  

Nagar says they told him they were upset with recent reporting his outlet did. He says the coverage in question revolved around two weapons-related arrests last Wednesday at the Dashmesh Culture Centre. 

Both men are facing four gun-related charges as well as a charge for issuing death threats.

Speaking to media in Calgary on Tuesday with bandages over one eye, Nagar called his assault a “clear …