The body of a 28-year-old journalist was found in a septic tank on the premises of a contractor whom he had recently exposed for corruption in #Chhattisgarh. #MukeshChandrakar, who worked with a local news channel, was found dead on January 3 in #Bijapur district.
Mukesh, who had been missing since the night of January 1, recently conducted an investigation against contractor #SureshChandrakar, exposing alleged irregularities in a Rs 120-crore road construction project in #Bastar. The expose had prompted the government to initiate an enquiry into the contractor's activities.
Mukesh's elder brother, #YukeshChandrakar, filed a missing person report after his phone remained switched off following a meeting arranged by Suresh Chandrakar's brother, Ritesh, at one of the contractor's properties.
On January 3, Mukesh's body was discovered inside the water tank on the premises of Suresh's property in Chattanpara, where he was last seen.
"The victim's brother informed us that Mukesh had been missing since January 1. We initiated action, scanned CCTV footage and also found his last location. We found Mukesh's dead body inside a tank in the evening today," a senior police official said.
The police acted swiftly, arresting Suresh Chandrakar from #Hyderabad and Ritesh from #Delhi, sources said. One labourer who helped in getting rid of the body has also been arrested. Several suspects, including those from the contractor's circle, are being questioned, police said.
छत्तीसगढ़ में पत्रकार मुकेश चंद्राकर की इसलिए बेरहमी से हत्या कर दी गयी क्यों कि उन्होंने सड़क निर्माण में भ्रष्टाचार को उजागर किया.
56 करोड़ की सड़क को 102 करोड़ दिखाकर भ्रष्टाचार किया गया. इस भ्रष्टाचार में मुकेश के सगे संबंधी भी लिप्त थे.
आज कल के पत्रकार कॉम्फोर्ट जोन में काम कर रहे हैं. एसी न्यूज़ रूम में बैठकर एंकर प्रोपागेंडा चला रहे हैं. मुकेश चंद्राकर ने आदिवासियों की समस्या पर रिपोर्टिंग कर और भ्रष्टाचार उजागर कर पत्रकारिता को जिंदा रखा था.
लेकिन इस ईमानदार पत्रकार को तड़पा तड़पा के कुल्हाड़ी से मारा गया. देश खामोश है, नेता खामोश हैं, बड़े पत्रकार खामोश हैं.
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Saddened by the passing away of Shri MT Vasudevan Nair Ji, one of the most respected figures in Malayalam cinema and literature. His works, with their profound exploration of human emotions, have shaped generations and will continue to inspire many more. He also gave voice to the silent and marginalised. My thoughts are with his family and admirers. Om Shanti.