Journalist’s loss of life in UP: Priyanka says state authorities ‘nurturing jungle raj’ | India Information
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday hit out on the Uttar Pradesh authorities over the loss of life of a journalist, who had lately run a narrative on the liquor mafia and was killed in what police mentioned was a street accident. The Congress basic secretary accused the Yogi Adityanath dispensation of “nurturing jungle raj”.
The 42-year-old information channel reporter, Sulabh Srivastava, died as his motorbike rammed a pole close to a brick kiln in Sukhpal Nagar below the Kotwali police station space of Pratapgarh on Sunday, police mentioned.
“The liquor mafia from Aligarh to Pratapgarh: has prompted loss of life all through the state. The federal government is silent,” Priyanka Gandhi mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
“Journalists uncover the reality, warn the administration concerning the risks. The federal government is asleep,” she alleged.
Does the federal government that’s “nurturing jungle raj” have any solutions for the tears of the household of journalist Sulabh Srivastava, Priyanka Gandhi requested.
Srivastava had lately run a information story towards the liquor mafia within the area. Then on June 12, he wrote to the Prayagraj further director basic of police to hunt safety.
Extra Superintendent of Police Surendra Dwivedi mentioned Srivastava died in a crash whereas getting back from Asrahi village below the Lalganj police station space after reporting on an unlawful arms manufacturing unit uncovered there.
Following the crash, a severely injured Srivastava was taken to the district hospital, the place docs declared him useless, he mentioned.
