A 27-year-old television journalist in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram district was hacked to death by alleged drug dealers who suspected him of...
A 27-year-old television journalist in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram district was hacked to death by alleged drug dealers who suspected him of alerting authorities about the gang, NDTV reported on Tuesday. The police have arrested four men in connection with the death.
The incident took place on Sunday evening in Kundrathur, a suburb in the outskirts of Chennai. The journalist, identified as Isravel Moses, was called out of his house in Puthu Nellore village and hacked to death, the police said. His family initially suspected that Moses was attacked by his friends.
The police told NDTV that the accused in the case are part of a gang involved in alleged sale of encroached land and selling drugs around a local lake. “Moses had not telecast any news report on this issue,” an officer said.
According to The News Minute, Moses reported on local problems and used to expose the undercover operations of “anti-social elements” in the region. Last week, the journalist had reported on ganja sales carried out by a gang and had been facing threats from the group, the website said. Gnanaraj, the father of Moses, has alleged that the district police did not take any action on his son’s complaint that his life was in danger.
The police, however, have refuted the charges....
