22 July 2020 | IFJ
Indian journalist killed after receiving threats
Other non-natural
Sunil Tiwari, a stringer with Nai Duniya newspaper, was killed in Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh on July 22.
The 39 year old journalist was left unconscious when thugs attacked him on evening of July 22 near Putri Khera village in Niwari district. The assailants encircled Sunil’s motorbike, firing shots and striking him with sticks and an axe. The assailants then fled the scene.
With the help of his family members and relatives, the unconscious journalist was taken to the Niwari district hospital for treatment. The hospital referred him to Jhansi Medical College by which time Sunil had already died from his injuries.
On May 25, the journalist had uploaded a video on his Facebook page, pleading with the Niwari police superintendent and the Jhansi police superintendent for his safety. In the video, Sunil claimed that he along with his family had received death threats after he exposed illegal activities of Avdhesh Tiwari, Narendra Tiwari and Anil Tiwari .The video also accuses the Niwari police of refusing to file FIR against the trio. The police claim that the attack was not related to Sunil’s job as a journalist but instead over a land dispute between two old rivals.
Following the attack, the police charged seven people for Sunil’s death: Avdesh, Narendra, Anil, Mohit Tiwari, Praveen Purohit, Balveer Kamariya and Rohit Shukla.
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