Haryana

A case has been registered against Naraingarh MLA Ram Kishan Gujjar and two others for allegedly harassing a local journalist, who committed suicide late on Wednesday night, the Indian Express has reported. The Congress leader has been booked under Section 306 for abetment to suicide. The details: [ Link] The registration of the case was preceeded by a clash between the family members and...

A journalist of a Hindi daily in Sonepat has alleged that he was threatened by a BSP leader to stop filing stories against him and his party, the Indian Express has reported. Former MLA Dev Raj Dewan, however, denied that he had threatened Jatinder Saharan in his office on Sunday evening. "Allegations levelled against me are baseless and even mischievous and politically motivated to malign me in...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court would henceforth monitor the progress of the CBI probe into the murder of Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati and two other matters wherein the chief and the management of Dera Sacha Sauda, Sirsa, were allegedly involved. At the same time, the agency has been asked to submit the progress report on monthly basis, first such report to come in...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today reserved judgement on the bail plea of Inder Sain and Avtar Singh, the two accused in the murder of a journalist in Sirsa. The two accused, the disciples of Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa town, were allegedly involved in the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati and another person, Ranjit Singh of Kurukshetra. They were earlier granted interim anticipatory...

Former Haryana Chief Minister’s men let lose a reign of terror around his farmhouse amidst reports of the CBI raid there and even bashed up the cameraman of a private TV channel. The raid was conducted in connection with the JBT teachers recruitment scam. When The Tribune team reached Mr Chautala’s farmhouse on Thursday his men were standing at one gate amidst eerie silence, while the other...

In a 22 September 2003 letter to Indian Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the IFJ expressed deep concern over the murder of Parmanand Goyal, a journalist and Kaithal Unit president of the Haryana Union of Journalists. It is the IFJ's understanding that at 7:00 a.m. (local time) on 18 September, Goyal, a reporter for "Punjab Kesari", was called outside his home by three unidentified persons...

Parmanand Goyal, a journalist with the daily Punjab Kesari, was shot and killed by three unidentified assailants at his home on September 18 in Kaithal, Haryana, north of the capital, Delhi, according to local press reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is investigating the motives behind his murder. According India's The Tribune newspaper, Goyal's son Naveen Rinku answered the door...

On 26 November 2002, RSF voiced its dismay over the death of publication director Ram Chander Chaterpatti on 23 November. The journalist died of injuries he sustained after being shot by a member of a religious sect one month ago in Sirsa (Haryana state). The organisation called on Haryana Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala to ensure that all those involved in Chaterpatti's killing are identified...