Gujarat scribe killed; brother blames BJP

Reacting to the incident, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) slammed the Gujarat’s BJP government for total lawlessness and termed it ‘Jungle Raj.’

Unidentified assailants stabbed Dave to death at around 9:30 pm. His family accused Bhavesh Suraj, the son of BJP senior leader Ratilal Suraj, of committing the crime. Junagadh B-division police inspector M K Parmar said: “One more journalist has been murdered in Gujarat. He was the bureau chief of Jai Hind, a newspaper published from Rajkot. He was working at his Junagadh office complex near Vanjari Chowk when unknown people attacked him. Dave died on the spot. His assistant informed the police.”

Prakash Dave, Kishore’s brother said: “My brother has been murdered on the orders of Ratilal Suraj and Bhavesh Suraj because there was some major issue going on between the BJP and Kishore Dave since last year. Bhavesh Suraj was facing allegations of women harassment during a conference and Kishore Dave published the story in his newspaper, for which he had to face a defamation case as well. Since this incident, Suraj and Dave have been clashing.”

He added: “Due to the same reason, they conspired to murder my brother. We had even reported it to the police that Kishore faced a threat to his life from these leaders.”

Meanwhile, the AAP has declared that it will take out a rally at RTO circle in Ahmedabad on Tuesday evening to protest the journalist’s murder and “deteriorating” law and order situation.

Aam Aadmi Party’s senior leader Ashutosh on Tuesday in his tweets attacked the Gujarat government stating that there is BJP’s ‘Jungle Raj’ in Gujarat. He further stated that it has become a serious issue as a journalist was shot dead in broad daylight in which a BJP leader’s son is accused but no arrests have been made so far.

Ashutosh tweets: “Gujarat mein ‘Jungle raj’ hai. Dindahare patrakar ki hatya and BJP ke neeta ke beta par arop aur giraftari nehin”.

Delhi Water and Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra in his tweets mentioned that the BJP is spoiling the atmosphere of Gujarat as in all such cases, BJP ministers are involved.