Driver of truck which ran over journalist in Madhya Pradesh arrested

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  • New Delhi
  • March 26, 2018
  • UPDATED 00:13 IST

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Police on Monday caught the driver who crushed the journalist to death.
  • Sandeep Sharma was hit by a dumper in MP's Bhind
  • He was a journalist investigating illegal sand mining in Bhind
The accused truck driver who ran over the journalist in Madhya Pradesh. Photo: ANI
The accused truck driver who ran over the journalist in Madhya Pradesh. Photo: ANI

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Police on Monday caught the driver who crushed the journalist to death.
  • Sandeep Sharma was hit by a dumper in MP's Bhind
  • He was a journalist investigating illegal sand mining in Bhind

The Madhya Pradesh police arrested the driver of the truck that killed a 35-year-old television journalist in a hit-and-run.

The television journalist Sandeep Sharma, who was investigating illegal sand mining in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district was fatally run over by a truck on Monday.

Sharma was riding a motorcycle, when he was hit from behind by a speeding dumper.

According to reports, the accident took place near a police station and the cops immediately reached the spot and rushed him to a hospital.

The 35-year-old was declared brought dead.

Reportedly, Sandeep Sharma had earlier approached the police with complaints that he was facing threat to life due to a sting operation he did.

The sting operation that he did showed a police officer taking bribes from the mafia.

Meanwhile, the district SP has constituted an SIT (Special Investigation Team) to probe the matter.

Watch | Journalist run over by speeding truck in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind

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