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UP journalist killed by mining mafia, 5 arrested
Ref: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/UP-journalist-killed-by-mining-mafia-5-arrested/articleshow/51048933.cms
UP police on Thursday arrested five persons for the murder of a journalist in Sultanpur on February 13 and revealed that he was killed by mining mafia.

Karun Mishra, bureau chief of a Hindi daily, was shot allegedly for highlighting in his newspaper illegal mining in Sultanpur and his reports did not go well with some local contractors, said IG Lucknow Zone, A Satish Ganesh.