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Police are probing all angles, including that of suicide and murder, in the death of television news channel journalist Chirag Patel, senior officials said on Tuesday, 19 March.
A copy editor with Gujarati news channel TV9 Gujarati, Patel’s charred body was found Saturday, 16 March, near a canal in Nikol area here in Ahmedabad.
Police have also collected RTI applications filed by Chirag before his death. Jaimin Patel, Chirag’s elder brother, told The Quint,
In a press conference held on Tuesday, 19 March, police said that they are probing both suicide and murder angles in the case.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Akshayraj Makwana stressed there was "70 to 80 percent" possibility that Patel committed suicide, though he added that police was not ruling out murder either.
Gujarat BJP spokesperson Bharat Pandya told reporters that Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had asked police to conduct a thorough probe.
Vadgam MLA and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani also urged national media to “take up the issue of murder of Gujarat journalist Chirag Patel.”
Patel's death has upset the media community in the state greatly and many have taken to social media to pressure the government into solving the case.
(With inputs from PTI)
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