Lucknow. Journalist Vikram Joshi, who was shot by miscreants, has died in a hospital in Ghaziabad during treatment on Wednesday morning. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed deep sorrow over his death. He has also promised immediate financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to the family of the journalist, government job to his wife and free education to the children. Journalist Vikram Joshi was shot dead in Ghaziabad on July 20 by miscreants in the Vijay Nagar area when he was returning home with his two daughters. The journalist was beaten up and shot in the head. The journalist was admitted to Yashoda Hospital in Ghaziabad in critical condition. Police have arrested nine people in the case so far.
The sister of Colony Colony, the mother of a newspaper journalist, Vikram Joshi, who lived near the Rose Valley School in the bypass of Ghaziabad’s Vijayanagar police station area, had a birthday on Monday. Vikram Joshi went to the birthday with both his daughters. When he was returning from here, eight to nine people stopped his motorbike and shot him in the head while beating him out of the street in Mata Colony. He was admitted to a private hospital, but died during treatment on Wednesday morning. In this case, Vikram’s brother Aniket had filed a report against several, naming the three accused. Police are investigating the cause of the incident.
Police arrested eight accused, including the main accused, in connection with the shooting of a newspaper journalist Vikram Joshi on Monday night in Mata Colony of Vijayanagar police station area of Ghaziabad. The police have also recovered the illegal substance used in the incident from the possession of the accused. In negligence, SSP Kalanidhi Naithani has suspended Pratap Vihar outpost incharge Raghavendra Singh with immediate effect and handed over a departmental inquiry to CO City First Rakesh Mishra. SSP Kalanidhi Naithani said that in the attack on Vikram Joshi, the Vijayanagar police registered a report against unknown people including Chhotu, Ravi and Akash Bihari on the tahrir of his brother Aniket Joshi. Police arrested nine accused, including the chief accused Ravi.
Shot in front of daughters: After the attack on journalist Vikram Joshi, CCTV footage of the scene has also been searched by the police. It is seen that the accused stopped Vikram Joshi’s motorcycle and assaulted him. After this, the accused shot them in front of both their daughters by shooting them from their temple. The daughter then approaches Vikram Joshi and is trying to move him. After this, the daughter is making noise. On the basis of this CCTV footage, the police is also under investigation.
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