Journalist dies, minister responsible?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 09/06/2015

Zee News and several other news sites are reporting that a Shahjahanpur-based journalist Jagendra Singh who received serious burn injuries during a police raid on his house on June 1, succumbed to his injuries on Monday night. He is described as a social media journalist who raised questions on his Facebook page about the dealings of a UP minister Ram Moorti Verma. The police claim he committed suicide but his family want action against the minister for his alleged role.They say he was burned by the police with the minister’s aide present.

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