: Uttar Pradesh: RSF demands inquiry into murder of journalist who exposed sand mafia #IndiaNEWS Reporters Sans Frontières, also known as Reporters Without Borders, on Wednesday urged authorities in

Uttar Pradesh: RSF demands inquiry into murder of journalist who exposed sand mafia #IndiaNEWS
Reporters Sans Frontières, also known as Reporters Without Borders, on Wednesday urged authorities in Uttar Pradesh to appoint an independent team to investigate the murder of a journalist in Unnao, after he exposed a “sand mafia,??? or those who illegally mine sand from riverbeds for sale to the construction industry. Three people have been arrested in connection with the case so far, according to The Wire. A local correspondent for the Kampu Mail, a Hindi-language daily, Shubham Tripathi died on the spot after he was shot in the head by unidentified persons on June 19, the NewsClick reported. The incident came days after Tripathi, in a Facebook post, said he feared he could be killed by the “land mafia??? because of his investigations into land expropriations linked to illegal sand mining. He said the mafia was angered by this action and had registered a fake application against him to the district magistrate. Ritesh Shukla, who is the bureau chief of Kampu Mail, told the NewsClick that Shubham recently had “some arguments with land grabbers and expressed fear that he might be killed by them???. Shukla mentioned the name of a Divya Awasthi, who he said might be responsible for the killing, as did the reporter’s uncle, Dhirendra Tripathi. “There is some government land...Read more

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