Scribe found murdered in Charkhi Dadri, SIT formed
THE VICTIM’S BODY FOUND WITH ONE LEG DETACHED ALONG HIGHWAY; FAMILY MEMBERS SUSPECT MONETARY DISPUTE BEHIND THE MURDER
:The mutilated body of a 34-year-old journalist was found along the highway near Kuliyana village of Charkhi Dadri district on Thursday.
The deceased, Rajesh Sheoran of Umarwas village in the district, who has worked with Hindi dailies Dainik Bhaskar, Hari Bhoomi and Patrika in the past eight years, was working as a stringer. He was also a stock trader.
The police said they found the body with one leg detached around 1am on Thursday. A press card was found on his body. The police informed his village sarpanch at Umarwas.
Sheoran is survived by his wife and three school-going daughters.
The police said prima facie it seemed he was murdered, but post-mortem will establish the cause of death. The post-mortem report is awaited.
Sheoran’s family said he had gone to Dadri on Tuesday evening for some money-related settlement. He had called them on Wednesday evening telling he would stay in Dadri for the night and come back on Thursday morning. However, they found through the village sarpanch late night that he was found dead.
Sheoran’s uncle Ajeet suspected money-related dispute behind his murder.
Since the family did not give any name of the suspect, the police have registered a case against unidentified person(s) under Sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Dadri superintendent of police (SP) Himanshu Garg said they have formed a three-member special investigation team (SIT) under deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Pradeep Kumar to probe the case. He said the team has been asked to share daily progress reports on the case.
Meanwhile, several journalist bodies across Haryana condemned the journalist’s murder and slammed poor law and order in state.