On Tuesday, Doordarshan Cameraman Achyutananda Sahu and two policemen were killed by Maoist in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada.
New Delhi: Days after the brutal killing of cameraman Achyutananda Sahu in Naxal-stricken Dantewada, Communist Party of India (Maoist) has released a statement. The statement says that the Maoists did not intend to “target the media” and the cameraperson was caught in an ambush.
The handwritten statement was released by Secretary of the Darbha divisional committee of the CPI(Maoist), Sainath. Issuing a clarification over the killing of a DD journalist, the statement read, “DD Cameraman Achyutananda Sahu was killed after being caught in the ambush and we had no intention of targeting the media.” The statement further asks the media not to accompany police personnel.
CPI (Maoist) issues a clarification on the killing of Doordarshan cameraman, says it was not aware of media presence. Asks journalists not to travel with Police. pic.twitter.com/9Kb3h172eU
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However, Dantewada SP termed it a Maoist strategy. He said the camera had recorded evidence of targeted media ambush. “Multiple bullet wounds and skull fractures on the martyred cameraman in no ways indicated it was by mistake,” he said.
On Tuesday, Doordarshan Cameraman Achyutananda Sahu and two policemen were killed in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada.
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