Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar journalist shot dead by three persons in Bihar

Local journalists told The Hindu that Mr. Singh might be murdered by stone crusher mafias who have been active in the area.

“Dharmendra Singh has been writing stories in his paper on the regular police raids on illegal stone crushers in the area which might not have gone down well to those powerful mafias involved in the trade”, said a local journalist.

Earlier in May, a senior journalist of Siwan district Rajdeo Ranjan too was allegedly shot dead.

The state government later recommended for CBI inquiry into the journalist Rajdeo Ranjan’s murder case and the investigating agency arrested some people associated with a politician believed to be involved in the murder.

(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)