New Delhi: A31-year-old Hindu journalist in Pakistan was shot dead on Saturday by unidentified assailants while getting a haircut at a barbershop in the country’s Sindh province, the police said
Hindu journalist Ajay Lalvani, a reporter with the local ‘Royal News’ television station and an Urdu language newspaper ‘Daily Puchano’, died on Thursday after he sustained bullet injuries in the stomach, arm, and knee, said the reports.
LAlvani was sitting at a barber shop in the Saleh Pat area of the city of Sukkur when when assailants on two bikes and a car drove by and opened fire. Lalvani was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died.
Authorities in Sindh province, Pakistan, must immediately launch a credible investigation and apprehend those responsible for the killing of journalist Ajey Lalwani.https://t.co/em8Sr06Eyc
— Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom) March 20, 2021
His father Dileep Kumar said that the family did not have any enmity, dismissing the police’s claim of the murder being the result of a personal enmity, according to The News International.
Condemning the killing, Hindu member of Pakistan’s National Assembly (MNA) Lal Chand Malhi said that it is a “matter of great concern”.
“Strongly condemn D killing of yet another journalist Ajay Kumar at Saleh Pat, Sindh. It is a matter of great concern that media persons are increasingly feeling unsafe in Sindh. Offered condolence to the heirs of the victim. Police should (go) beyond forming comtes. [sic],” he said on Twitter.
Strongly condemn D killing of yet another journalist Ajay Kumar at Saleh Pat, Sindh. It is a matter of great concern that media persons are increasingly feeling unsafe in Sindh.Offered condolence to the hiers of victim. Police should beyond forming comtes. pic.twitter.com/1fnM7vaKJN
— LAL MALHI (@LALMALHI) March 19, 2021
The police said that they were investigating the motive of crime, and if it was linked with the victim’s professional responsibilities.
reports says that late Ajay was considered a ‘bold’ journalist and had exposed several scams and cases involving politicians.
Sources informed that police had registered a FIR against six persons but no arrest had been made so far.
