…amidst wild protestation
Charles Takyi-Boadu reports from New-Delhi, India
The killing of a 25year old television journalist in India, Soumya Vishwanathan has sparked a demonstration in the capital, New Delhi.
Students of the premier journalism school, the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) yesterday took to the street following her death to protest against the perpertrators of this dastardly act.
They also urged the state police and the authorities concerned to step-up their efforts in bringing to book the faceless people behind killing.
The protest, which started around 12:30pm, saw the students blocking access to the main Aruna Asaf Ali Marg road for close to 30minutes amidst the chanting of “we want justice.”
Their message was simple; the police must do everything possible to bring the perpetrators of this act to book.
Soumya who worked with ‘Headlines Today’, a television channel in the capital was shot dead in her car on her way home (Vasant Kunj) on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 after a late night shift around 3:00am at dawn.
She was rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre where she was pronounced dead. But police sources say that a post-mortem released on Tuesday morning revealed that “a bullet was lodged below her right earlobe,” said a senior police officer.
Local newspapers including the ‘Hindustan Times’ reports that Police said they got a call from an auto-rickshaw (Tuktuk) driver about the incident at 3:41 am.
“Her Maruti Zen had hit the divider of the road. The front wheel on the right side was punctured. The windowpane had shattered,” said a senior officer.
Forensic teams were called in to examine the car. A case of murder has been registered against unknown assailants at the Vasant Kunj Police Station.
DCP Southwest Shalini Singh said, “We have registered a case of murder and conducting further investigations into the matter.”
Initially the death looked like an accident, but further investigations led to the discovery of a piece of her scalp and hair which were found on the back seat of the car.
However, the police remain tightlipped on the motive behind the incident and say it is investigating every possible angle. Soumya had been working as a journalist for the last five years.
Her father M.K Vishwanathan is employed with a multinational company and mother Madhvi works with a public sector undertaking.
Charles Takyi-Boadu reports from New-Delhi, India
The killing of a 25year old television journalist in India, Soumya Vishwanathan has sparked a demonstration in the capital, New Delhi.
Students of the premier journalism school, the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) yesterday took to the street following her death to protest against the perpertrators of this dastardly act.
They also urged the state police and the authorities concerned to step-up their efforts in bringing to book the faceless people behind killing.
The protest, which started around 12:30pm, saw the students blocking access to the main Aruna Asaf Ali Marg road for close to 30minutes amidst the chanting of “we want justice.”
Their message was simple; the police must do everything possible to bring the perpetrators of this act to book.
Soumya who worked with ‘Headlines Today’, a television channel in the capital was shot dead in her car on her way home (Vasant Kunj) on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 after a late night shift around 3:00am at dawn.
She was rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre where she was pronounced dead. But police sources say that a post-mortem released on Tuesday morning revealed that “a bullet was lodged below her right earlobe,” said a senior police officer.
Local newspapers including the ‘Hindustan Times’ reports that Police said they got a call from an auto-rickshaw (Tuktuk) driver about the incident at 3:41 am.
“Her Maruti Zen had hit the divider of the road. The front wheel on the right side was punctured. The windowpane had shattered,” said a senior officer.
Forensic teams were called in to examine the car. A case of murder has been registered against unknown assailants at the Vasant Kunj Police Station.
DCP Southwest Shalini Singh said, “We have registered a case of murder and conducting further investigations into the matter.”
Initially the death looked like an accident, but further investigations led to the discovery of a piece of her scalp and hair which were found on the back seat of the car.
However, the police remain tightlipped on the motive behind the incident and say it is investigating every possible angle. Soumya had been working as a journalist for the last five years.
Her father M.K Vishwanathan is employed with a multinational company and mother Madhvi works with a public sector undertaking.
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