PESHAWAR, Oct 24: Journalists on Thursday boycotted Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly`s proceedings against ill-treatment of a local journalist by police during raid on his house in Peshawar.

Police raided houses inYakatoot area before dawn and arrested around 200 people, including Mir Kamal Syed of a local Urdu daily, in Kakshal locality.

Mir Kamal said police raided his house and took him to the police station, where he was kept for more than five hours.

He said he showed police his computerised national identity card and service card but even then, they misbehaved with him and members of his family.

The journalist alleged that he was taken to the police station in sleeping dress and interrogated for more than two hours.

He alleged that police misbehaved with his wife.

The assembly session has been convened on the requisition of the opposition benches to discuss the killing of law and parliamentary affairs minister Sardar Israrullah Khan Gandapur.

Police conducted raid in the locality and residents said around 200 people were taken to the police station for interrogation.

Police have launched combing operation in different localities of the provincial capital in the aftermath of series of bomb blasts and attacks on police officials.

Journalists covering assembly proceedings demanded of the government to suspended SHO of Yakatoot Police Station Shah Jehan immediately for his alleged misbehaviour with Mir Kamal and conduct inquiry against him.

After recitation from the Holy Quran, journalists staged a walkout from the gallery and put their demands to the provincial ministers, who were trying to persuade media to end their protest.

Minister for Works and ServicesYousaf Ayub told protesters that the senior superintendent of police (operation) had been summoned to the House to explain position about the incident.

He said action would be taken against the relevant SHO.

Despite waiting for half an hour, police did not give any response to the ministers.

Minister Yousaf Ayub told journalists that city police chief and other senior officials were not taking his calls.

Journalists boycotted the House`s proceedings and vowed to continue protest until their demands are met.

Before beginning the assembly`s proceeding, city police chief Ijaz Ahmad Khan assured members of the press gallery that departmental action would be taken against the officials af ter inquiry.

However, journalists demanded immediate suspension of the SHO and other officials, who conducted the raid.