Sahara Samay Journalist Anuj Chaudhary Shot by Unidentified Men in Ghaziabad, UP
The police suspect it as a matter of personal enmity between the attackers and scribe. More information on the same is being awaited. Chaudhary is currently admitted in the Yashoda Hospital.
Ghaziabad (UP), April 8: A journalist in Ghaziabad UP was shot in his house at by unidentified men. The scribe was critical and taken to the hospital after the incident. Anuj Chaudhary works for Hindi news channel Sahara Samay, says a report in CNN News18. The journalist was shot twice and was critically injured. More details on the same are awaited but the police suspect it as a matter of personal enmity between the attackers and scribe. More information on the same is being awaited. Chaudhary is currently admitted in the Yashoda Hospital. He is a resident from Rajapur village in Ghaziabad.
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The rising attacks on scribes are a worrisome thing. On March 27, a truck ran over a journalist, Sandeep Sharma who was investigating the sand mafia-police nexus. The truck driver was arrested who said he was trying to save another woman's life when his truck mowed down the scribe's motorcycle. The state police had set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe Sandeep Sharma's death. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also assured strict action against the culprits involved in the murder. Sharma had even complained earlier about receiving death threats.
Following this incident, another accident took place in Bihar which killed another two journalists. An SUV rammed into the bike of the victims identified as Navin Nishchal and his associate Vijay Singh. Navin worked for a Hindi daily and his brother accused the village mukhiya of this incident, which was carefully shown as an accident. The SUV was driven by the mukhiya himself and he had a grudge against Navin already. The situation in the village had intensified after the incident. In these two incidents which took place last month, 3 journalists lost thier lives in just about 2 days.
More probe is awaited on Anuj Chaudhary's condition and what could have caused the attack on him. The police had reached the spot and are looking into the matter.
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