Three Arrested in Murder of Chhattisgarh Journalist Mukesh Chandrakar
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Three Arrested in Murder of Chhattisgarh Journalist Mukesh Chandrakar

Deccan Chronicle  

RAIPUR: Three people were on Saturday arrested in connection with the murder of 32-year-old journalist Mukesh Chandrakar in Bijapur district under south Bastar in Chhattisgarh, police said. The arrested people were identified as Ritesh Chandrakar, Dinesh Chandrakar and Mahendra Ramtek, while another suspect Suresh Chandrakar was absconding, police said. The slain journalist has recently exposed an alleged corruption scandal involving a Rs 120 crore road construction project from Gangaloor to Nelsanar village in Bastar. Preliminary police investigation has found that the deceased scribe had gone to his cousin Ritesh’s place in Bijapur in the night of January one when he went missing.

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