Journalist, who took on sand mafia, mowed down by truck in MP’s Bhind district
A stringer for a
television channel was mowed down by a truck on Monday morning in Madhya
Pradesh’s Bhind district. Sandeep Sharma, who was working for News World
channel, was rushed to a local hospital where he succumbed to injuries during
treatment. Sharma, who had conducted two sting operations on police officers,
had sought police protection citing a threat to his life. In the letter seeking
police protection, Sharma had accused a Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDOP) of
being hand-in-glove with those engaged in illegal sand mining
Reports on the Vyapam scam in MP
Bhind SP Prashant Khare said an offence
under Section 304 (A) (causing death by negligence) has been registered in
connection with the death. He said the police have formed a Special
Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the incident. Khare said the truck
involved in the accident has been seized and they are looking for the driver
who fled after the accident.
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