Police have arrested three accused in the murder case of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar from Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh. Addressing a press conference in the capital, Raipur on Saturday, Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Vijay Sharma said that an eleven-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to investigate the incident.
Journalist Mukesh Chandrakar from Bijapur district in the Bastar division had been missing since January 1. Late last evening, the police recovered his body from a septic tank on the premises of a local contractor.
Chandrakar, an independent journalist who was also a contributing reporter for NDTV, was last seen leaving his home in Bijapur’s Pujari Para on New Year’s Day and his brother, Yukesh, had filed a missing complaint the next day.
After beginning an investigation, police found the 32-year-old’s body in Chhatan Para Basti, not very far from his home.