India press watchdog demands journalist murder probe

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NEW DELHI: India's media watchdog has demanded a thorough investigation after a journalist's battered body was found stuffed in a septic tank covered with concrete. Freelance journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, 28, had reported widely on corruption and a decades-old Maoist insurgency in India's central Chhattisgarh state, and ran a popular YouTube channel "Bastar Junction". The Press Council of India expressed "concern" over the suspected murder of Chandrakar, calling for a report on the "facts of

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India press watchdog demands journalist murder probe https://www.channelnewsasia.com - 05.01.2025 13:08
India press watchdog demands journalist murder probe https://www.channelnewsasia.com/ - 05.01.2025 13:00