A journalist has reportedly been burned alive in India after publishing allegations of corruption and land grabs against a local politician.
Ram Murti Verma, a cabinet minister on Uttar Pradesh’s legislative assembly, has been arrested alongside five others in connection with the death of Jagendra Singh, the Press Trust of India reported.
Mr Singh died of his injuries in hospital in the city of Lucknow yesterday after he was doused with petrol and set on fire.
Police in the town of Shahjehanpur told IBN Live that Mr Singh set himself alight.
“There was a case against Jagendra Singh. We tried to arrest him but he committed suicide,” a spokesperson said, without specifying the allegations. Full story...
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Ram Murti Verma, a cabinet minister on Uttar Pradesh’s legislative assembly, has been arrested alongside five others in connection with the death of Jagendra Singh, the Press Trust of India reported.
Mr Singh died of his injuries in hospital in the city of Lucknow yesterday after he was doused with petrol and set on fire.
Police in the town of Shahjehanpur told IBN Live that Mr Singh set himself alight.
“There was a case against Jagendra Singh. We tried to arrest him but he committed suicide,” a spokesperson said, without specifying the allegations. Full story...
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