After a nationwide criticism, Bhind Police arrested the truck driver who crushed a journalist to death, a few hours after registering the case.
On Monday morning, a television reporter working for a regional channel, who expressed fear of being killed by sand mining mafia, was run over by a truck in Bhind town of Chambal region in Madhya Pradesh.
Journalist Sandeep Sharma was working for News World TV channel and has recently conducted a sting operation to expose the sand mining mafia in Chambal. Sharma has conducted sting operations on police officers exposing their links with mafia.
After the sting operation Sharma was under threat and has written a letter to senior police officials seeking police protection citing a threat to his life.
In the letter, Sharma had accused a Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDOP) of threatening him of dire consequences. He wrote that Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDOP) was part of the mafia engaged in illegal sand mining.
Congress leader of opposition Ajay Singh accused the government of not allowing journalists to work freely. He also said that the journalist was murdered due to the apathy of police administration,