Journalist and his mother's bodies found dead in the house when an acquainted knocked the door
Journalists
Gauri Lankesh, after then Shantanu Bhowmic and now, a senior journalist in
Punjab has been killed, the case of assassination surfaced. According to
Hindustan times, Journalist KJ Singh and his 92 years old mother both were
found dead in their home. Police says that Mr. KJ Singh was murdered by the
throat slit while his mother was strangulated to kill. The police
superintendent, Kuldeep Chahl, confirming double murders, said that the police
is investigating the intention behind this murder.
Journalist, KJ
Singh, had been editor in The Indian EXPRESS, THE TRIBUNE and The Times of
India in Chandigarh. According to the information, this double murders was
surfaced when an acquainted man came to meet him and knocked from outside the
door was not replied. Some stuff from his home has been reported stolen
including his car.
Meanwhile on
direction of captain Amrinder Singh, CM of Punjab, police has formed a special
team (SIT)for this double murders investigation. Sukhbir Singh Badal, former
deputy CM of Punjab and president of Siromani Akali Dal, expressing his grief
over this incident, appealed the administration to nab the murderers earliest.
The third journalist has been
targeted this month and was killed. 5th September when Gauri Lankesh, 20th
September when journalist Shantanu Bhowmic in Tripura were killed.
Bhowmick,
a journalist working with a local television channel, was covering a clash
between the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) and the Tripura Rajyer
Upajati Ganamukti Parishad, the tribal wing of the CPM, in Mandai when he was
hit from behind and abducted.
Later, Bhowmick
was found with serious stab injuries and was taken to Agartala Medical College
and Hospital where doctors declared him 'brought dead'.
