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Four lekhpals among eight held amid protests, allegations, politics
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|March 10, 2025
Journalists stage protests in six districts against the killing; BJP national vice-president Rekha Verma, UP Congress chief Ajay Rai and Apna Dal (Kamerawdi) MLA Pallavi Patel visit victim's residence
LUCKNOW: A day after the murder of a journalist in Sitapur, the police on Sunday took eight people, including four lekhpals, into custody for interrogation based on the suspicion raised by the family members of the deceased.
The development came on a day of protests, allegations and visits by politicians to the residence of Raghvendra Bajpai, 36, the journalist with a national Hindi daily and Right to Information (RTI) activist.
Lekhpal Sangh president Anish Dwivedi is among those taken into custody.
The journalists' associations in Sitapur, Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, Sultanpur, Bahraich and Barabanki districts on Sunday staged protests against the killing of the scribe in broad daylight on Saturday.
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