Compiled by TRACY GUNAPALAN, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
POLICE in India are investigating the murder of a journalist who was reported to have received threats prior to his death, Makkal Osai reported.
Ragavendra Bajpai, 35, was apparently investigating corrupt practices in the purchasing of rice yields and land auctions.
His expose resulted in four state government officials getting suspended.
Ragavendra was said to have been getting threats over the case.
A reporter for a Hindi-language newspaper, he was found shot dead in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
He was riding his motorbike when he was approached and shot by two unidentified men.
Ragavendra was hit three times. The assailants then swiftly fled the scene.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.
