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Mumbai: A case of murder has been registered against the accused arrested for running over a journalist in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district. The police officer gave this information. On the other hand, nine people lodged in the lockup of Nalasopara police station were admitted to the government hospital after complaining of food poisoning.
Several media organizations had demanded the government to conduct an inquiry into the death of journalist Shashikant Warishe. The organizations had claimed that Varishe had written the news against local property dealer Pandharinath Ambarkar, who is said to be a supporter of the proposed Ratnagiri refinery project. The organizations claimed that Ambarkar ran over the journalist with his car at a petrol pump in Ratnagiri district. Warishe succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Kolhapur on Tuesday.
Journalist council members demand investigation from CM
The accused was arrested under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code. The police have added section 302 (murder) in the FIR against Ambarkar, the official said. The arrested accused was sent to Rajapur police custody till February 13.
Police is probing the exact reason behind the murder. Members of Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Patrakar Parishad met Maharashtra Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis and demanded a high-level inquiry into the incident.
Ratnagiri Refinery canceled
The Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemical Project was proposed to be built at Nanar village in Ratnagiri district in coastal Konkan. But it was canceled on the insistence of Shiv Sena, the then alliance partner of the BJP, ahead of the 2019 elections.
A Union minister had said last year that setting up a 60 million metric tonne per year oil refinery would be the world’s largest plant and hinted at its revival.
Nine people locked in police lockup became victims of food poisoning
Nine people lodged in the lockup of Nalasopara police station in Palghar district were admitted to a government hospital after complaining of food poisoning. Doctors have declared his condition stable. Food samples have been sent for testing.
