A journalist with local TV channel and newspaper, Ajay Kumar Lalvani, was murdered by unknown assailants in Sindh in Pakistan on Thursday.
The unknown assailants riddled his body with bullets when he was getting a haircut in a barbershop.
The police initially tried to project the murder a case of personal enmity.
His family vehemently refused it. The police are investigating the case after lodging an FIR.
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based NGO, expressed concern over the murder of journalists and urged the authorities to bring the perpetrators to the book.
Lal Malahi, Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, tweeted, “Strongly condemn D killing of yet another journalist Ajay Kumar at Saleh Pat, Sindh. It is a matter of great concern that media persons are increasingly feeling unsafe in Sindh.Offered condolence to the hiers of victim. Police should beyond forming comtes.”
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