PRAYAGRAJ: A news station reporter who’d recently conducted a story exposing the wrongdoings of this spirits mafia in Uttar Pradesh had been on Sunday night found dead under”mysterious circumstances”, prompting strong responses from the press fraternity and politicians.
Pratapgarh-based Sulabh Srivastava was discovered dead only a day later he’d composed to ADG (Prayagraj) Prem Prakash his life was under threat and sought refuge.
Times ViewIndia is rated 142 one of 180 nations in Reporters Without Borders’ 2021 report.
The report categorised India as”among the planet’s most dangerous countries for journalists attempting to do their work correctly.” That is the reason why.
The report had noted that the four Indian journalists have been murdered in connection with their job in 2020.
This murder underlines the assurance where the spirits mafia works from the country.
Government must take some of blame for the episode, particularly considering that the deceased had whined in writing to the authorities.
At first, the death was being treated as an collision instance after a eyewitnesses told police they found Srivastava’s bike hit a roadside rod and then ram to a handheld pump until he struck the floor.
He had been hurried to a local hospital where he cried.
His wife said that the offense was dressed to make it seem as a road crash.
Authorities have registered a case of murder.
Read AlsoUP journalist departure: Editors Guild Strike authorities for’cavalier’ probeNEW DELHI: The Editors Guild of India has voiced shock in the’cavalier manner’ where the Uttar Pradesh authorities is managing the event of TV journalist Sulabh Srivastava, who had been found dead under mysterious conditions.
In a media statement issued Mondaythe guild alleged that the UP Police hadThe episode saw resistance leaders such as AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, SP leader Akhilesh Yadav along with TMC president Mamata Banerjee carry to routing to assault the Yogi Adityanath authorities.
“The Editors Guild of India is amazed by the cavalier way UP Police is currently treating the mysterious departure of TV writer, Sulabh Srivastava, at Pratapgrah.
Srivastava considered that some individuals were after him.
The police paid no more heed to his own anxieties,” that the Editors Guild of India stated.