National media forum, the Council for Media and Satellite Broadcasting (CMSB), has welcomed and praised the judgement of the Khallikote Additional Judge Court on June 27 in the urder case of a Ganjam journalist.
The five accused in the May 27, 2014 murder of television reporter Tarun Acharya were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment . The convicted were Santosh Maharana, Sibaram Nayak, Shyam Sundar Prusty, supari killer Sureh Chandra Sahu, and Ramesh Reddy. Another supari killer Nursing Panda is absconding.
Notably, when the local police delayed the investigation, the CMSB had organised a Press conference in presence of deceased Achaya's brother and mother. CMSB founder charman Bickey Bangari
, Odisha chairperson senior journalist Gagan Bihari Sahoo, R Rungnta there had demanded Crime Branch investigation and given a memorudum to the the then Governor
of Odisha.
After hearing the judgement CMSB national chairman Bangari and Odisha chief Sahoo praised
the judgement.