Efforts to expose a sex scandal proved fatal for an intrepid
editor of Haryana.
Ram Chander Chaterpatti, who brought out ‘Poora Sach’, an evening daily from
Sirsa, was shot at by unidentified persons last month. The editor lost his
month-long battle for life on Thursday night.
Chaterpatti’s crime: He tried to expose irregular activities, including a sex
scandal of a religious cult.
Three persons, among them a senior member of the religious group, have been
arrested in this connection.
Chaterpatti annoyed the religious body, "Dera Saccha Sauda", with his
reports on alleged irregularities and sex scandal within its premises.
Meanwhile, Sirsa superintendent of police Attar Singh Ahlawat has been quoted
as saying that the weapon used in the attack allegedly belonged to the arrested
manager of the Dera, Krishan
The journalists of Sirsa have sought a CBI inquiry into the incident on the
ground that the Dera functionaries were trying to hamper the investigations
into the case.