Denizens of Hazaribagh town woke up with the news of recovery of dead body of a young journalist Hari Prakash near Hazaribagh Railway Station here on Monday. The scribe was associated with a national Hindi daily published from Ranchi also.
According to eye witnesses his body was lying in an open area near Daltonganj Railway Station since Sunday. People mistook it as someone drunk sleeping there but when they saw the person in the same condition on Monday then police was informed.
Soon, media persons rushed to Sadar hospital to enquire the matter and his family members also arrived there. After postmortem, viscera of the person was preserved and the dead body was handed over to his family members by the police.
Police have recovered a letter from the scribe’s pocket addressed to his mother, in which he had written that he was now fed up with his life and was sorry that he has not done anything for the family. In this letter which is in his handwriting he has not blamed anyone for his death.
later in the evening his father Jeetan Mahto gave an application in Katkamdag police station in which he had mentioned the names of two suspects. One is Preeti Agarwal, a nurse in sadar hospital Hazaribagh , presently posted in HIV department and the other is also an employee of Sadar hospital Md. Ismyle. According to his family members and fellow journalists Hari Prakash was mentally upset since over 15 days and he was spending most of his time talking with someone on his mobile.
His mobile and SIM card has not been recovered yet, which is making this death suspicious. According to fellow journalists he was not a man who can easily decide to give up his life.
In the evening a delegation of press club led by president Umesh Pratap met with DC Ravishankar Shukla and SP Bheemsen Tuti. SP Tuti assured that a DSP level officer will investigate the matter and truth will come out soon. DC Ravishankar Shukla said that if it becomes clear that it is not a suicidal case then the local administration will try its best to give all the benefits to his family members as per government norms.