Days after reporting on liquor mafia, journalist dead in road crash in UP's Pratapgarh

Srivastava recently ran a news story against the liquor mafia in the district. On June 12, he had written to Additional DGP of Prayagraj zone, Prem Prakash, seeking protection.

A 42-year-old television news reporter was allegedly killed in a road accident after his motorcycle rammed into a pole near a brick kiln in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh area on Sunday. This comes a day after he sought police protection based on the threats he received for a story against the liquor mafia. ???? ?????? ?????? ?? ????????? ??:???? ?????? ??? ??? ?? ????? ????????? ????? ??????????? ?????? ????? ???, ??????? ?? ???? ?? ????? ???? ????????? ??? ??????? ??????? ?? ?????-????? ???? ???? ????? ?? ??? ??????? ???? ?????????? ?? ?? ??????? ?? ?????? ?? ??? ???? ??? The deceased has been identified as Sulabh Srivastava. According to the Additional SP Surendra Dwivedi, the alleged accident took place on Sunday when the reporter was returning from the Lalganj police station area after reporting on an illegal arms manufacturing unit. After the locals informed about his accident, a fellow reporter reached the spot with an ambulance and took Srivastava to the district hospital. However, the doctors declared him brought dead. His body has been sent for postmortem.