In a shocking incident, a Dainik Jagran journalist was fatally shot by unidentified assailants while heading home in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. He was killed in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon at Hempur Bridge on the highway in Imalia Sultanpur. Reports suggest that the journalist, who was travelling by bike, was stopped on the way and shot.
The victim, identified as Raghavendra Bajpai, was travelling on National Highway-30 when his bike was rammed by a vehicle, after which he was gunned down by unknown attackers.
Shortly after the incident, Inspector General of Police Prashant Kumar II reached the spot in the evening to investigate. The Samajwadi Party, along with Congress state president Ajay Rai, has expressed grief over the incident and demanded that the government arrest the killers.
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Raghavendra Vajpayee, son of Mahendra Vajpayee from Mohalla Vikas Nagar in Maholi town, worked as a tehsil correspondent for Dainik Jagran.
On Saturday afternoon, around 3 PM, Raghavendra was travelling towards Sitapur on his bike when miscreants surrounded him on the Hempur overbridge of Imalia Sultanpur highway.
According to Jagran.com, Raghavendra attempted to flee to save himself, but the assailants shot him in the back. He collapsed on the road, bleeding, after which the attackers shot him at close range in the head. According to city area officer Aman Singh, the bullet, fired at close range, passed through his head and struck near his left elbow. It is suspected that the weapon used was a .315 bore firearm.
Furthermore, as reported by Jagran.com, Raghavendra’s murder was planned and executed in a professional manner. The location where the incident took place lacks CCTV cameras. Reports suggest that the criminals had been following Raghavendra from the town itself. CCTV footage from Bajpai Mishthan Bhandar in Urdauli shows two masked youths on a bike trailing Raghavendra, along with a black Thar car following them.