A journalist and his cameraman, who were working on a story on illegal mining in the region, were allegedly assaulted by the goons of the local mining mafia at a village here.

The duo, working with a local news channel, had gone to Nibhore village here on Friday night to cover the story when the incident took place, Superintendent of Police Umesh Chand Dutta said, adding the accused, Rajpal and Girdhari, were arrested on Saturday.