Journalists in Mumbai gathered at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi near Mantralaya, the administrative building, and staged a silent black-badge protest against the alleged murder of a Marathi newspaper journalist, Shashikant Warishe, from Ratnagiri on February 7. Recently, he wrote an article against Amberkar titled ‘Photo of criminal alongside PM, CM and DCM claim farmers protesting against refinery’. Protesting journalists …
The Press Club of India, Press Association, and the Delhi Union of Journalists on Thursday condemned the killing of journalist Shashikant Warishe in Maharashtra. The media bodies demanded a high-level probe into the incident by a sitting High Court or retired Supreme Court judge. Maharashtra journalist death | PUCL demands impartial probe “The heinous murder of Shashikant has sent shock …
Published : Feb 08, 2023 19:21 IST Shashikant Warishe, a 48-year-old journalist based in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, was crushed to death by a vehicle driven allegedly by Pandharinath Amberkar, a local real estate dealer. According to initial reports from the police, who have arrested Amberkar, they suspect Warishe had been targeted because of his coverage of issues related to the establishment …
The People’s Union of Civil Liberties on Wednesday demanded an impartial investigation into the killing of journalist Shashikant Warishe in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district. Warishe had written about banners with photographs of a local land dealer with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a Marathi daily, Mahanagri Times. The local residents have …
