Disastrous murder of Journalist along with his family in the most brutal way, only shows how much the illegal could stoop down to and how much helpless we are.

The brutal murder of a senior journalist who had voiced his sound opinion on illegal mining seems to have been silenced forever. The journalist Chandrika Rai (42), his wife Durga (39), son Jalaj (20) and daughter Nisha (17) were brutally killed at their residence on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday in Umaria, some 500 km from Bhopal. The brutal family murder was condemned by one and all and in particular from the scribes nationwide. A CBI enquiry was requested. The Madhya Pradesh Police Chief S.K. Raut on Sunday ordered an investigation by the Special Task Force (STF). The Police Chief

“DGP Raut visited the crime scene on Sunday and has ordered an STF probe,” Umaria SP Manohar Singh Jamara told The Hindu. “He also spoke to journalists here and assured them that the criminals would be brought to book as soon as possible. We have constituted a team to look into the crime and assist the STF which will arrive here tomorrow [Monday].”

The silenced journalist had worked as a freelancer to the Hindi daily Navbharat and English daily The Hitavada. He is noted to have brought some notable research about ill-legal mining and the nexus of a BJP leader. Immediately Congress reacted and condemned the incident. But Police are also probing the case in a different angle, about a land dispute the journo had with a local.   (With inputs from internet: AarKay)