Balia: A journalist working with a Hindi news channel was on Monday night shot dead in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh. The journalist, identified as Ratan Singh, was killed in the Fefana area of the Balia district on Monday, the police said.
“Ratan Singh, a journalist working with a Hindi news channel was shot dead on Monday night in Phephana. He has been identified as Ratan Singh (45). We are investigating the case,” Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Yadav said.
According to a police officer, the shooter was an associate of the victim. The police said that the journalist was killed after a fight with his associate turned violent.
“He was shot dead at the residence of the village head. It’s being told that they had some old dispute. The investigation is underway. All accused will be arrested soon,” SP Devendra Nath said.
Barely a month after a journalist was shot dead in front of his two daughters in Ghaziabad, yet another journalist in Uttar Pradesh has lost his life. Earlier on July 22, a journalist, Vikram Joshi, was shot at by miscreants in Ghaziabad near Delhi days after he had filed a police complaint over harassment of his niece.
