06 March 2012
Rajesh Mishra
Beating
Rajesh Mishra died in hospital from his injuries after being beaten over the head allegedly in connection to his investigations into local schools.
Mishra worked as an editor for Media Raj, a Hindi weekly published in the city of Rewa, Madya Pradesh state. According to the Hindustan Times, Mishra had received telephone threats over articles alleging “irregularities” in a chain of boarding schools owned by Rajneesh Banerjee, owner of another Rewa-based Hindi newspaper, Vindhya Bharart. The paper said Sunday that police had arrested five people in connection with the murder, including Banerjee and an editor for Vindhya Bharat, Anil Tripathi.
According to media accounts, Tripathi on Thursday had invited Mishra to a tea stand. While the two were talking, two unidentified individuals struck Misha on the head with an unspecified object and fled the scene.
Source: IPI
