A labourer carries coal in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh on October 25, 2010. REUTERS/Ajay Verma.

Journalist and Family Murdered in India

Possible Link to Investigation into Illegal Coal-Mining Activity 

VIENNA, Feb 21, 2012 - A freelance journalist who had investigated illegal mining activity, his wife and their two children were found brutally murdered in their home in India’s Madhya Pradesh state on Saturday night. Indian national media reported that Chandrika Rai, his wife, Durga, and their children, Jalaj (19) and Nisha (17) had been killed with a sharp object and each left in a separate room of the house.   The bodies were discovered by the journalist’s brother, who became  ...