RATNAGIRI, Feb. 9, 2023 (TBINN)
Case of murder has been registered against a land dealer, said to be a supporter of an ambitious but controversial refinery project, for allegedly mowing down a journalist with his car in Maharashtra`s Ratnagiri District.
Shashikant Warishe, who wrote for Marathi newspapers, died at a hospital in Kolhapur after a S.U.V. allegedly driven by Pandharinath Amberkar hit his two-wheeler at a petrol pump in Rajapur area.
Number of media organisations demanded probe into Warishe`s death, claiming that he had written against Amberkar, aged 42, who was arrested under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code. Police have now also added section 302 (murder) to the F.I.R., an official informed.
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