Kanpur: In yet another case of an attack on a journalist, Deepak Mishra was shot in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
According to police, the journalist might have been attacked after he complained against local gambling dens. No arrests have ben made so far. Mishra has been hospitalised after the attack.
The incident comes days after another journalist from Shahjahanpur in UP was allegedly killed over Facebook posts against Samajwadi Party minister Ram Murti Verma.
In a shocking incident, Shahjahanpur-based journalist Jagendra Singh has died after he was allegedly burnt alive for a Facebook post against Samajwadi Party MLA Ram Murti. Singh had reportedly written about the MLA in newspapers accusing him of nefarious activities regarding illegal mining and forced occupation of land, etc.
The charges are said to have angered the Samajwadi Party leader. He also allegedly implicated Jagendra Singh in a false case. Singh's family has claimed that a police officer allegedly set the journalist on fire. He succumbed to his injuries while he was being taken to the hospital.
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