NEW DELHI: India’s media watchdog has known as for a radical probe after the battered physique of a journalist was discovered buried in a septic tank lined in concrete.
Freelance journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, 28, had reported extensively on corruption and the decades-long Maoist insurgency within the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, and ran a preferred YouTube channel “Bastar Junction.”
The Press Council of India expressed “concern” over the suspected homicide of Chandrakar, calling for a report on the “info of the case” in an announcement on Saturday night (4 January).
Chandrakar’s physique was discovered on January 3 after police traced his cellphone information after his household reported him lacking.
Three folks have been arrested.
More than 10,000 folks have died within the decade-long insurgency waged by Naxalite rebels, who say they’re combating for the rights of marginalized indigenous folks in India’s resource-rich central areas.
Vishnu Deo Sai, chief minister of Chhattisgarh from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), known as Chandrakar’s demise “heartbreaking” and promised the “harshest punishment” for these accountable.
Last yr, India ranked 159th within the World Press Freedom Index, run by Reporters Without Borders.
