CKYR 106.7 RED FM prime time talk show host Rishi Nagar speaks to media at the radio station's northeast Calgary offices on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 regarding a recent assault against him at an event. Following the attack by two men, Nagar's eye was covered due to possible retinal damage. Brent Calver/Postmedia

Man charged in assault on local journalist

Rishi Nagar said his assailant was angered by reporting done by he and his colleagues on extortion in the South Asian community

by · Calgary Herald

A Calgary man has been charged with assaulting a well-known local journalist, an attack its victim said was motivated by his crime reporting.

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106.7 RED FM news director and talk show host Rishi Nagar said he was leaving a political function at the Rio Banquet Hall at 2850 Hopewell Pl. N.E. at 3 p.m. on Sept. 29 when he was approached by two men.

Surveillance video shows the trio talking. As they entered a parking area outside the hall, one of them began punching Nagar repeatedly in the head.