New Delhi, September 30 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, demanded immediate, impartial and transparent investigation into the death of a journalist whose body was found in the lake in Uttarkashi district.
The opposition leader in Lok Sabha demanded that the victim’s family – Pratap Singh – should immediately receive justice. Singh lacked since September 18 and his body was fished from lake Joshiad 28. September.
“The disappearance and subsequent death of a young journalist Uttarakhand Rajiv Pratap Singh is not only tragic but scary,” Gandhi said on Tuesday in Hindi.
“I express my condolences to the survivors and stand with them in this difficult time,” he said.
According to the BJP rule, honorary journalism today lives in the shadow of fear and uncertainty, Gandhi said.
Those who write the truth speak to the public and question the government, are silenced by threats and violence, he claimed.
The whole incident involving the Singh Rajiv points to such a conspiracy, Gandhi said.
“There should be immediate, impartial and transparent investigation into the death of Rajiv Singh and the victim’s family should be received without delay,” said former head of Congress.
Gandhi also shared a screen of the screen of media news about the death of a journalist who said “the mysterious death of a journalist who revealed the state of the government hospital”.
The main minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and the members of the media brotherhood expressed their sorrow at the death of a journalist. Dhami also ordered a “thorough and impartial” probe to his death.
Pratap disappeared in mysterious circumstances from Uttarkashi on the night of 18th September. His car was found on the banks of the Bhagirathi River the next day.
(Tagstotranslate) Rajiv Pratap Singh
