A journalist from Uttar Pradesh, who was shot at in Ghaziabad near Delhi on Monday night in front of his two daughters, died this morning at a hospital. CCTV footage showed the journalist, Vikram Joshi, lying on the road, wounded, and one of his daughters weeping, screaming around for help.
Vikram Joshi was travelling on a motorcycle with his two daughters when a group of men assaulted him and opened fire at him at around 10:30 PM on Monday.
Nine accused have been arrested; one man is still on run, officials said. Two policemen have been suspended. "Nine people have been arrested including two main accused - Ravi and Chotu. A weapon was also seized from their possession," Kalanidhi Naithani, Senior Superintendent of Police, Ghaziabad, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
The state government has announced Rs 10 lakh for the family, which protested at the hospital where the journalist died and refused to allow the body to be taken for post-mortem.
Vikram Joshi paid the price of police incompetence, the family claimed. Four days before the Monday night attack, he had complained to the police about his niece being harassed by a group of men.
From NDTV News
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