Patna : A Right to Information (RTI) activist and local news channel reporter of Bihar named Aavinash Jha was brutally murdered. He was found dead in a sack on the side of the highway that passes through Betoun village. Avinash Jha, who was missing four days ago, is found dead in Madhubani, Bihar. Jha had been reportedly raising the issue of private hospital mafias in his district.
A report by a local Hindi daily newspaper, Frontline24, confirmed that the RTI activist Avinash Jha’s half-burnt body, tied and packed in a sack, was found under a peepal tree in the Uren village near Benipatti-Basaith highway number 52 on the night of Friday, November 12.
Bihar Police sources revealed that as per the autopsy report of Avinash Jha he died four days ago. Now, after recovering the dead body of the journalist, the Benipatti police have registered an FIR against unknown people and lodged an investigation into the case. Benipatti SHO Arvind Kumar has confirmed that the police are investigating all possible angles including murder. He assured that the criminals would be identified and put to task soon.
According to Jagran (Hindi) Avinash was a resident of Benipatti in Madhubani, Bihar. He had been continuously raising the issue of the private hospital mafia and trying to expose the mafia operating in his district. He was missing since November 9.
Chandrashekhar Kumar Jha Avinash’s brother had approached the police after they could not trace Avinsh. They had found both his mobile phones also switched off. Following this, his brother approached the police alleging that his brother, Buddhinath Jha aka Avinash Jha had been kidnapped.
Alleging the issue, Chandrashekhar told the police that his brother had been trying to expose the hospital mafia because of which he was kidnapped. He said that his brother had filed many RTI queries regarding the ongoing fake nursing home scam in his district. He had been, for years, trying to bust the nexus of private hospital operators, staff and authorities scamming the people of the district, due to which he was on the radar.
He named various hospitals and nursing homes which he alleged were a part of the nexus. The hospitals he named were Maa Janki Sewa Sadan Ambedkar Chowk Benipatti, Shiva Poly Clinic Makiya, Sudama Health Care Dhakjari, Anshu Kasht and Center Dhakjari, Sonali Hospital Benipatti, Aradhana Health and Dental Care Clinic Benipatti, Jai Maa Kali Sewa Sadan Benipatti, RS Memorial Hospital Benipatti, Aljina Health Care Benipatti, Sanvi Hospital Nandibhoji Chowk, Ananya Nursing Home Benipatti and Anurag Health Care Center Benipatti.
He said that since his brother had a lot of evidence against them and could have busted out their nexus this hospital mafia must have killed him.
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