Mayawati demands impartial probe into death of Pratapgarh journalist
The Hindu
In a tweet in Hindi, Mayawati said, the terror of the liquor mafia is known to all. The gruesome murder of a TV news channel reporter for exposing their black deeds is extremely saddening.
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday demanded a swift, impartial and credible probe into the death of a journalist of a private news channel in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh, who had recently reported on the liquor mafia. The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday registered a case of murder after the 42-year-old Sulabh Srivastava died in Lucknow in what appeared to be a road accident. In a tweet in Hindi, Mayawati said, the terror of the liquor mafia is known to all. The gruesome murder of a TV news channel reporter for exposing their black deeds is extremely saddening.More Related News

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