Bihar-based journalist Raj Deo Ranjan may have been killed by "political mafia" because of his critical reporting, according to a fact-finding committee of the Press Council of India (PCI).

The PCI has accepted the report of the fact-finding committee last week.

Another fact-finding report which the PCI accepted was regarding the murder of Jharkhand journalist Akhilesh Pratap Singh which suggested that he may have been killed over demand of money by a Naxalite group.