The charred body of a 38-year-old journalist, missing since March 29, was found in a field in North Andaman district in the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the police said.
The body of Shahdeb Dey, the owner of a local news channel known as ‘Republic Andaman’, was found in a field from Deshbandu Nagar in Diglipur on Tuesday, the police said.
Superintendent of Police, North and Middle Andaman district, Shweta K Sugathan said, “It is a murder case and we have picked up four people, including a woman. The exact motive behind the murder is under investigation.”
The SP said those arrested were identified as Gangaiyya, his two staff members Rama Subramanian and Ramesh and a local woman Bitika Mallik.
