Another journalist abused, threatened in Bihar

After the murder of a senior journalist of Hindi daily Hindustan, another senior journalist of the Dainik Jagran in Bihar’s Nalanda district was allegedly abused and threatened of dire consequences by a group of youths, who asked him not to write against ruling the Janata Dal-United member of Legislative Council Heera Bind, the police on Friday said.

Rajesh Singh, a journalist with the Hindi daily in Bihar Sharief, district headquarters of Nalanda,which happens to be home district of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, was threatened that he would face a similar fate like Rajdeo Ranjan, the slain journalist of Hindustan ,who was shot dead in Siwan by unidentified criminals on last Friday.

According to Singh, four youths entered in his office and wanted to know that who had written the news about man arrested for intimidating voters during Panchayat elections a few days ago.

A first information report has been lodged with the Laheri police station against Bind and four others on the basis of Singh’s statement. Bind has denied that he and his men threatened Singh. 

Nalanda Superintendent of Police Kumar Asish said his department has begun a probe into the matter after a case was filed.

The Bihar government on Monday recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the May 13 killing of journalist Ranjan in Siwan, bowing to the wishes of his family and mounting outrage over the incident, but Nitish rejected opposition’s charge that ‘jungle raj’ was prevailing in the state.

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