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5. As per averments, before his murder, he being a journalist was covering the news of kidnapping case of Anant Jhariya, S/o Hamant Jhariya, the SDO of PWD, Umaria. As on 15.2.2012 such Anant Jhariya, a seven years old boy on his returning from the coaching class on the way was kidnapped and thereafter his kidnappers had demanded five crores ransom from his father to release such boy. In connection of such case, the deceased had collected some material evidence against some very eminent persons of the society and was on the verge of exposing them.

14. In view of the available evidence the approach of the Police investigation was neither natural nor reliable. According to the postmortem report of Nisha Rai, besides the injuries on her head, deep scratches on her legs were found, the same could have been caused on holding her legs tightly by some one and on making the assault on her head by another person. As the Police had also admitted that in her murder, various things, the iron rod, scissor and fork were used. In the available, scenario it appears that more than six persons were involved in the alleged crime and the impugned incident was directly or indirectly connected with the aforesaid kidnapping case of Anant Jharia and was the revengeful reaction either of such accused of kidnapping case or of the persons of Bhoo Mafia and Coal Mafias.

(iv) The respondent no. 3, Superintendent of Police, Umariya had organized a press conference on 24.2.2012 and issued a press note (Ann. P-5) annexed with the writ petition. In such press note after stating various facts of the case including registration of the crime for the offence of Section 460 of IPC, it was apprised to the Press Reporters that in investigation on obtaining the call details of the suspicious mobile calls it was revealed that Amit Singh, one of the accused of kidnapping case of Hemant Jharia was the accused of the crime. On which after taking him in custody in the kidnapping case, on carrying out his interrogation, he had confessed that he alongwith Home guard Soldier, Vidhya Niwas Tiwari, Sunil, Manish Kori, Harendra Singh and Raj were involved in the kidnapping case of Hemant Jharia, on which such other accused were also arrested. In further interrogation carried out by an officer of S.T.F., A.I.G. Shri Arvind Tiwari, said Vidhya Niwas Tiwari and Amit Singh had confessed their involvement in the murder of Chandrika Rai and his family members. In such press report, it was also stated that yesterday on 23.2.2012, Additional DGP, S.T.F., Sanjay Choudhari came to Umariya and after taking the information of aforesaid carried out investigation, was satisfied with the aforesaid interrogation of the Vidhyaniwas Tiwari, in which he had stated that Chandrika Rai came to know that they had kidnapped Anant Jharia and on account of that Chandrika Rai was blackmailing with a threat to expose them and due to such reason they had to leave Anant Jharia without taking any ransom. It is also stated that Amit Singh used to visit the house of Chandrika Rai to carry out the electricity work and in such premises, he was acquitted with the situation of the deceased's house. In such press note, it was further stated that due to aforesaid activities of Chandrika Rai, blackmailing Vidhyaniwas Tiwari and Amit Singh with the threat to expose them in kidnapping case, they accompanied with their unknown friends entered into the house of Chandrika Rai between 10.30 to 1 o'clock in the intervening night of 17-18/2/2012 and murdered the entire family of Chandrika Rai.