Ghaziabad: Journalist Vikram Joshi who was shot at in Ghaziabad's Vijay Nagar area on July 20, has succumbed to his injuries at a hospital here on Wednesday. Joshi had received a bullet injury on his head.
The doctor monitoring Joshi said that the veins in the journalist's head had got badly damaged due to the bullet injury.
Vikram Joshi was reportedly shot at by some assailants on Monday night in Ghaziabad.
"Nine people have been arrested including two main accused, Ravi and Chotu. An illegal weapon was also seized from their possession," said Kalanidhi Naithani, Senior Superintendent of Police, Ghaziabad.
The other accused have also been identified, namely as Mohit, Dalveer, Akash aka Lulli, Yogendra, Abhishek Hakla, Abhishek Mota and Shakir. Efforts at nabbing another accused- Ashok are underway.
The incident occurred days after Joshi had filed a complaint with Vijay Nagar Police Station stating that some men were harassing his niece.
The miscreants opened fire at Joshi, near his residence, he had suffered a bullet injury on his head.
The whole incident was captured in the CCTV camera.
A station in-charge was suspended after the family of the journalist alleged inaction by police.
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Joshi's brother, Aniket Joshi said, "A few men were harassing his niece a few days ago and my brother had opposed it and also filed a police complaint."
"We were informed that a journalist was shot in Vijay Nagar following which he was admitted to Yashodha Hospital here," said SSP Ghaziabad.
"Some boys Kamal-ud-Din’s son(Ravi) used to eve-tease my sister. It was her birthday when the incident occurred. My uncle was coming home with her when the assailants attacked him and shot him. We'll not accept my uncle's body till main accused is caught," said Vikram's nephew.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has announced a compensation of Rupees 10 lakhs and a job to Joshi's wife.
Condoling Joshi's death, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that the incident was shocking. She also termed Vikram Joshi as a fearless journalist.
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My heartfelt condolences to the family of Vikram Joshi, a fearless journalist who passed away today. He was shot in UP for filing an FIR to book his niece’s molesters. An atmosphere of fear has has been created in the country. Voices being muzzled. Media not spared. Shocking.
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) July 22, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">My heartfelt condolences to the family of Vikram Joshi, a fearless journalist who passed away today. He was shot in UP for filing an FIR to book his niece’s molesters. An atmosphere of fear has has been created in the country. Voices being muzzled. Media not spared. Shocking.
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) July 22, 2020My heartfelt condolences to the family of Vikram Joshi, a fearless journalist who passed away today. He was shot in UP for filing an FIR to book his niece’s molesters. An atmosphere of fear has has been created in the country. Voices being muzzled. Media not spared. Shocking.
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) July 22, 2020
"My heartfelt condolences to the family of Vikram Joshi, a fearless journalist who passed away today. He was shot in UP for filing an FIR to book his niece’s molesters. An atmosphere of fear has been created in the country. Voices being muzzled. Media not spared. Shocking," she wrote on Twitter.
Meanwhile, attacking the state government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said 'Wada tha Ram raj ka, de diya gunda raj'.
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अपनी भांजी के साथ छेड़छाड़ का विरोध करने पर पत्रकार विक्रम जोशी की हत्या कर दी गयी। शोकग्रस्त परिवार को मेरी सांत्वना।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 22, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
वादा था राम राज का, दे दिया गुंडाराज।
">अपनी भांजी के साथ छेड़छाड़ का विरोध करने पर पत्रकार विक्रम जोशी की हत्या कर दी गयी। शोकग्रस्त परिवार को मेरी सांत्वना।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 22, 2020
वादा था राम राज का, दे दिया गुंडाराज।अपनी भांजी के साथ छेड़छाड़ का विरोध करने पर पत्रकार विक्रम जोशी की हत्या कर दी गयी। शोकग्रस्त परिवार को मेरी सांत्वना।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 22, 2020
वादा था राम राज का, दे दिया गुंडाराज।
"Journalist Vikram Joshi was murdered for opposing eve-teasing of his niece. My condolences are there with the grieving family. They had promised Ram Raj, but gave us Gunda raj," he wrote in a tweet in Hindi.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had also attacked the Uttar Pradesh government over the law-and-order situation in the state after Joshi was shot at in Ghaziabad.
The Congress general secretary has been attacking the Yogi Adityanath government over the law and order in UP.
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गाजियाबाद NCR में है। यहां कानून व्यवस्था का ये आलम है तो आप पूरे यूपी में कानून व्यवस्था के हाल का अंदाजा लगा लीजिए।
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 21, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
एक पत्रकार को इसलिए गोली मार दी गई क्योंकि उन्होंने भांजी के साथ छेड़छाड़ की तहरीर पुलिस में दी थी।
इस जंगलराज में कोई भी आमजन खुद को कैसे सुरक्षित महसूस करेगा?
">गाजियाबाद NCR में है। यहां कानून व्यवस्था का ये आलम है तो आप पूरे यूपी में कानून व्यवस्था के हाल का अंदाजा लगा लीजिए।
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 21, 2020
एक पत्रकार को इसलिए गोली मार दी गई क्योंकि उन्होंने भांजी के साथ छेड़छाड़ की तहरीर पुलिस में दी थी।
इस जंगलराज में कोई भी आमजन खुद को कैसे सुरक्षित महसूस करेगा?गाजियाबाद NCR में है। यहां कानून व्यवस्था का ये आलम है तो आप पूरे यूपी में कानून व्यवस्था के हाल का अंदाजा लगा लीजिए।
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 21, 2020
एक पत्रकार को इसलिए गोली मार दी गई क्योंकि उन्होंने भांजी के साथ छेड़छाड़ की तहरीर पुलिस में दी थी।
इस जंगलराज में कोई भी आमजन खुद को कैसे सुरक्षित महसूस करेगा?
"Ghaziabad falls in NCR. Going by the state of law and order here, one can get an idea of the situation in the entire state of UP. A journalist was shot at because he complained to the police against molestation of his niece. How will common man feel safe in such a jungle raj," she said in a tweet in Hindi.
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