Principal accused in Chhattisgarh journalist’s homicide arrested from Hyderabad
The Chhattisgarh Police on Monday arrested contractor Suresh Chandrakar, the primary accused within the homicide of 33-year-old journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, from Hyderabad. “Interrogation of the accused [Suresh Chandrakar] is occurring,” mentioned police in a press release.
The physique of Mukesh Chandrakar, who went lacking on January 1, was found in a freshly sealed septic tank at Suresh Chandrakar’s premises in Chattan Para on January 3 with accidents on his head, again, abdomen, and chest, inflicted by laborious and blunt objects, police mentioned.
Mukesh Chandrakar’s brother, Yukesh, reported his disappearance to police on January 2, almost 24 hours after he was final seen.
Deputy chief minister Vijay Sharma mentioned a information report highlighting alleged corruption in street development work in Bijapur could have led to the homicide. A probe was initiated following the report aired on December 25.
On Saturday, three different accused together with Suresh Chandrakar’s brother, Ritesh Chandrakar, Mahendra Ramteke, and Dinesh Chandrakar, have been arrested. The identical day police shaped a Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) underneath a further superintendent for additional investigation.
Police cited the probe into the homicide and mentioned Mukesh Chandrakar had a heated argument with Ritesh Chandrakar relating to alleged interference in Suresh Chandrakar’s work on January 1.
Sharma mentioned Suresh Chandrakar was as a Congress chief and workplace bearer. Congress chief Sushil Anand Shukla rejected the declare saying Suresh Chandrakar had joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration.
Mukesh Chandrakar labored for NDTV and different information channels and ran a YouTube channel “Bastar Junction” with over 159,000 subscribers. He performed an important position in securing the discharge of commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas from Maoist captivity in April 2021.
Nareshchandra Deonag, a forest officer, was individually arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari on Sunday for allegedly threatening Raipur journalist Sandip Shukla for reporting on alleged unlawful assortment of cash at a test publish in Borai village underneath the Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve. Shukla filed a grievance after allegedly receiving a number of threatening calls from Deonag.
In his grievance, Shukla mentioned he visited the test publish on January 1 to doc the actions and a report was subsequently aired on his information channel the next day. On January 3, Shukla obtained abusive and threatening calls from an unidentified quantity. The caller was later recognized himself as Deonag.
