Journalist Anuj Chaudhary, who was shot at by unidentified men at his house in Ghaziabad on Sunday, 8 April, is undergoing treatment at the Intensive care unit (ICU) at Yashoda Hospital in Ghaziadbad’s Nehru Nagar. His condition continues to be critical, ANI reported.
Two bike-borne men barged into the residence of a TV journalist and shot him in the stomach and right hand, following which he was rushed to a hospital, Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna said. He said that the incident took place around 7:30 pm on Sunday, Indian Express reported.
Anuj Chaudhary, who worked with Sahara Samay, a Hindi news channel, is the husband of a BSP councillor and the police are looking at past enmity as being a motive behind the crime, the official told Indian Express. “The firing incident occurred due to old enmity,” Krishna said.
Indian Express reported that the Ghaziabad-based journalist had informed the police that there was a Rs 10 lakh contract out for his murder. Hours before being shot, he had asked a policeman to return home since he was “not going to step out all day.”
He had been provided a gunner, but since it was a Sunday, he had asked him to return home. No one else was injured in the attack.SP Vaibhav Krishna to Indian Express
The accused fled the spot, police told the daily. A case has been registered at Kavi Nagar police station. Four teams have been constituted by Ghaziabad police for arrest of the miscreants, reported ANI.
Chaudhary’s wife Nisha was elected a councilor on a BSP ticket, according to a police officer. The injured scribe was rushed to a nearby hospital where he is undergoing treatment, he said.
Chaudhary had just returned home after a visit to Razapur village, where road construction work was on, the officer said.
"The family members have identified the assailants, though a complaint is yet to be received," he added.
(With ANI inputs, Indian Express )
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