Journalist Vikram Joshi, who was shot at by unknown miscreants near his residence in Vijay Nagar, Ghaziabad on June 20, breathed his last at a hospital, doctors said on Wednesday. A total of nine accused have been arrested in the matter and efforts to nab another accused are underway.

Ghaziabad: Journalist Vikram Joshi passes away. He was shot at in Vijay Nagar area on 20th July by unknown persons. Nine people have been arrested in the case so far.

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The doctor monitoring Joshi said that the veins in the journalist's head had got badly damaged due to the bullet injury.

Meanwhile, the Station in-charge has been suspended and departmental inquiry initiated after the family of the journalist alleged inaction by the police.

The incident occurred at 10:30 PM on July 20 (i.e. Monday), when Joshi was travelling in a motorcycle with his two daughters. The unidentified miscreants had used a firearm to attack the journalist in front of his daughters and the entire incident was caught on CCTV camera footage.

The attack came four days after Joshi had filed a complaint with Vijay Nagar Police Station stating that some men were harassing his niece.

(With ANI inputs)