Chhattisgarh Journalist Homicide: Contemporary particulars have emerged within the homicide case of Chhattisgarh journalist, whose physique was present in a septic tank on a neighborhood contractor’s property in state’s Bijapur district. The important thing accused within the homicide case has been recognized as his personal cousin. Ritesh Chandrakar, based on media stories. He was amongst three arrested for the homicide of Mukesh Chandrakar, who was identified for his daring investigative stories.
The deceased journalist had uncovered alleged corruption in a Rs 120-crore highway development mission from Gangalur to Hiroli within the Bastar area. The preliminary tender of the mission was value Rs 50 crore, and it escalated to Rs 120 crore with none adjustments to the scope of labor. The mission was being dealt with by contractor Suresh Chandrakar.
On Saturday, police acknowledged that three individuals have been detained in reference to the homicide of the journalist. Chandrakar, a contract journalist, went lacking on January 1. “Three individuals have been detained in reference to the homicide and are being interrogated,” an official mentioned, as quoted by PTI. The police, nevertheless, didn’t disclose their names and mentioned the small print can be revealed later within the day.
Mukesh labored as a contract journalist for information channels, together with NDTV, and ran a YouTube channel, ‘Bastar Junction,’ which has some 1.59 lakh subscribers. He had performed a vital position within the launch of a CoBRA commando, Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, from Maoists’ captivity in April 2021 following the Takalguda Naxal ambush in Bijapur, whereby 22 safety personnel have been martyred.
He went lacking on Wednesday night, and his elder brother, Yukesh Chandrakar, lodged a criticism with the police the following day, a senior police official mentioned. Monitoring Mukesh’s cell quantity, police reached the property owned by Suresh Chandrakar and located the physique in a septic tank, which was freshly solid with a concrete slab, he mentioned. Police suspect the homicide is linked to a latest report of irregularities in highway development work within the district the sufferer had coated. Suresh Chandrakar is claimed to be concerned within the work.
(With PTI Inputs)
