Last updated:January 4, 2025, 14:14 IST
News of Mukesh Chandrakar’s death: Posting photo of contractor Suresh Chandrakar and Congress leader Deepak Baiji, BJP wonders if he is a contractor or ‘Congress contract killer’ I asked. Police have detained three people in connection with the incident, but their names have not been released.
Mukesh Chandrakar death news: Chhattisgarh Congress president Deepak Baiji (R), contractor Suresh Chandrakar and journalist found dead in Bijapur premises. (X@BTC4CGState)
A war of words has broken out between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the murder of 33-year-old freelance journalist Mukesh Chandrakar in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.
Chandrakar had been missing since January 1. His body was found in a septic tank on the premises of contractor Suresh Chandrakar in Chattanpara Basti on Friday.
The BJP on Saturday claimed that Suresh Chandrakar was a close aide of state Congress president Deepak Baiji. The party’s Chhattisgarh unit posted a picture of Baiji and Chandrakar and wrote, “It was Deepak Baiji who gave Suresh the post of SC Morcha state secretary from the Congress party.” The Congress’s so-called “Mohabbat ki Dukhan” (shop of love) sells all sorts of criminal goods – after all, all salesmen are criminals. ”
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— BJP Chhattisgarh (@BTC4CGState) January 3, 2025
Police announced on Saturday that three people were detained and being questioned in connection with the murder. However, police did not release the names and said more details would be released at a later date.
Three people have been detained in connection with the murder of a 33-year-old journalist whose body was found in a septic tank on the premises of a local contractor in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Saturday.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said, “The culprits will not be spared under any circumstances.” “We have directed that the culprits be arrested at the earliest and given the harshest punishment,” the CM said. (old Twitter). ).
Meanwhile, the opposition Congress targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state and questioned the deteriorating law and order situation.
“Under the Bharatiya Janata Party’s rules, journalists are paying the price of journalism with their lives,” Congress state Congress president Deepak Baiji said.
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— Deepak Baij (@DeepakBaijINC) January 3, 2025
Former CM and Congress leader Bhupesh Bagru suggested that the state government should provide financial assistance and employment to Chandrakar’s family.
Baghel also recalled how journalists helped secure the release of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, who was abducted by Naxals after an ambush in Bijapur.
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi, who was previously a member of Parliament, said that the contractor (in the premises where Mr Chandrakar’s body was found) was under the political patronage of anyone. I wondered if there was one. “Being an honest investigative journalist in India is the bravest thing to do,” she said, and hoped the journalist’s family would receive justice.
Mukesh Chandrakar was investigating alleged irregularities in a Rs 120-crore road construction project in Bastar city.
