CM Adityanath orders DGP to follow up journalist killing case

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath late on Thursday directed the state DGP to follow up the case in which a journalist was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants in Kanpur.

Journalist Naveen Srivastava was shot dead when he was inside his shop, a hosiery venture he had started to sustain his family.

Naveen succumbed to his injuries while he was being taken to a hospital.

A senior police officer said the victim was shot at by 3-4 assailants.

"We hope to nab the criminals as soon as possible. DM and SSP of Kanpur Nagar are already on the spot. A couple of local police teams formed to crack the case," he added.

Last month, another journalist was shot dead by three gunmen in Ur=ttar Pradesh. Rajesh Mishra, a 40-year-old reporter of Hindi daily Dainik Jagran was shot in the head by motorcycle-borne gunmen.

On September 5, eminent journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at a close range by unknown assailants at her home in Karnataka's Bengaluru.