Journalist Shashikant Warishe. Pic/Twitter

A case of homicide was registered on Wednesday in opposition to a land supplier, stated to be a supporter of an formidable however controversial refinery undertaking, for allegedly mowing down a journalist along with his automobile in Maharashtra‘s Ratnagiri district.

Shashikant Warishe, who wrote for Marathi newspapers, died at a hospital in Kolhapur on Tuesday after an SUV allegedly pushed by Pandharinath Amberkar hit his two-wheeler at a petroleum pump in Rajapur space on Monday.

Several media organisations had demanded probe into Warishe’s demise, claiming that he had written in opposition to Amberkar. Amberkar (42) was arrested on Tuesday beneath part 304 (culpable murder not amounting to homicide) of the Indian Penal Code. Police have now additionally added part 302 (homicide) to the FIR, an official stated.

A neighborhood courtroom has remanded him in police custody until February 13.

Police are investigating the precise motive behind the alleged homicide, the official added. Earlier, members of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Patrakar Parishad, a federation of Marathi journalists, had met Maharashtra Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis and sought a probe into Warishe’s demise.

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The Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemical undertaking, earlier proposed to be constructed at Nanar village in Ratnagiri district in coastal Konkan, was scrapped earlier than the 2019 polls on the occasion of the Shiv Sena, the then alliance accomplice of the ruling BJP.

The Union authorities had final yr hinted at its revival. Meanwhile, the People’s Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL), a human rights group, on Wednesday demanded “totally independent” and “free of any influence” probe and compensation for the slain journalist’s household.

The Maharashtra authorities ought to cease any try and affect the investigation politically, it stated. It additionally demanded that the federal government ought to guarantee security of Warishe’s household in addition to witnesses within the case.

“The government should desist from setting up or allowing polluting industries that endanger the ecosystem of the Konkan,” PUCL assertion added.

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