Chhattisgarh journo homicide: Primary accused Suresh Chandrakar held in Hyderabad

Suresh Chandrakar, the prime accused within the homicide of a journalist in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, has been taken into custody by a Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) from Hyderabad, a police official mentioned on Monday, 6 January.

The accused, a contractor by career, was absconding for the reason that homicide of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar got here to gentle on 3 January, he mentioned.

The SIT, which was constituted to conduct the probe into the case, rounded up Suresh Chandrakar from Hyderabad late Sunday evening, the official mentioned.

His brothers Ritesh Chandrakar and Dinesh Chandrakar and supervisor Mahendra Ramteke have already been arrested within the case, he mentioned.