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Raipur, January 05, 2025: A top police officer today alleged that Contractor Suresh Chandrakar is behind the brutal murder of Bijapur based Journalist Mukesh Chandrakar on January 01, 2025.
On missing report of Mukesh Chandrakar in the night of January 01, 2025 his call details record (CDR) was accessed by police and on reaching conclusion of his last location, went to the premises of Contractor Suresh Chandrakar at Chattanpara area of Bijapur district headquarters and saw a newly cemented septic tank. They broke open that through a JCB and fished out the body of Mukesh Chandrakar from inside the septic tank, a senior police officer told ChhattisgarhTopNews.Com.
One of the suspected accused Ritesh Chandrakar was arrested from Raipur Airport and two others Mahindra Ramteke and Dinesh Chandrakar, were arrested from Bijapur in connection with the murder of Mukesh, he said.
Police said the deceased Mukesh Chandrakar and one of the accused Ritesh Chandrakar are relatives and on January 1, 2025 at about 8 PM, the deceased and Ritesh had a telephonic talk and after that, the journalist went to the premises of the contractor for a dinner.
During the meeting, the accused complaints, despite they are relatives, Mukesh, instead of helping them was creating obstacles to their work and in a planned manner all the three accused attacked him, giving injuries on his head, chest, abdomen and backside with iron rods because of that the deceased died on the spot, police claimed.
To hide the killing, his body was dumped in the septic tank and was covered with cemented slab, the police officer said.
Police have arrested three people in connection with the murder of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, who was reporting for NDTV and had worked with News18 also.
Also, a special investigation team has been formed under the leadership of an additional S P Mayank Gurjar IPS.
The police team is investigating the entire matter with scientific and technical evidences with the help of forensic team, the official said.
Properties and bank accounts of the murder accused Contractor Suresh Chandrakar and two other persons are being investigated, police said adding the bank accounts of the accused are seized by the police.
