Missing journalist’s charred body found in North Andaman, India
New Delhi: The charred body of a 38-year-old journalist, missing since March 29, was found in a field in North Andaman district in the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the police said.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the body of Shahdeb Dey, the owner of a local news channel known as ‘Republic Andaman’, was found in a field from Deshbandu Nagar in Diglipur on Tuesday, the police said.
Superintendent of Police, North and Middle Andaman district, Shweta K Sugathan said, “It is a murder case and we have picked up four people, including a woman. The exact motive behind the murder is under investigation.”
The SP said those arrested were identified as Gangaiyya, his two staff members Rama Subramanian and Ramesh and a local woman Bitika Mallik.
“Our probe is not yet over as we are trying to get more details on the exact motive behind the murder,” she said.
The SP said, “During interrogation of the arrested persons, it came to know that on March 29, around 8 pm, Bitika called Shahdeb to meet her at Nehru Yuva Kendra in Diglipur.
Shahdeb was vocal against alleged illegal soil cutting, timber smuggling, illegal hooch racket and gambling.
