UP CM blinks, promises Rs 30 lakh to family of murdered journalist
June 22, 2015  15:10
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The Uttar Pradesh government has announced a Rs 30 lakh compensation for the family of murdered journalist, Jagendra Singh.

The government had suspended five policemen, suspected to be involved in the murder of the scribe in the Shahjahanpur district of the state. The action against the policemen came a day after Governor Ram Naik took up the matter with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav after a massive outcry against the incident in which a minister Ram Murti Singh Verma allegedly conspired.


Jagendra Singh was allegedly set on fire during a police raid at his house in Awas Vikas Colony of Sadar Bazar area on June 1. His family alleged that the police officials set him on fire. Singh succumbed to the injuries on June 8. The journalist invited Verma's ire by posting reports on Facebook about illegal mining activities and land grabbing against the minister. The minister is reportedly absconding.


The FIR lodged against the minister by Singh's son alleged that the minister sent the team of policemen to his house, who doused Singh with kerosene oil and set him on fire. From his death bed, he narrated the incident to IG Amitabh Thakur and in his dying declaration went viral on news channels.
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