Driver of truck which ran over journalist in Madhya Pradesh arrested

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh police arrested the driver of the truck that killed a 35-year-old television journalist in a hit-and-run.

The television journalist Sandeep Sharma, who was investigating illegal sand mining in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district was fatally run over by a truck on Monday.

Sharma was riding a motorcycle, when he was hit from behind by a speeding dumper.

According to reports, the accident took place near a police station and the cops immediately reached the spot and rushed him to a hospital. The 35-year-old was declared brought dead.

Reportedly, Sandeep Sharma had earlier approached the police with complaints that he was facing threat to life due to a sting operation he did.

The sting operation that he did showed a police officer taking bribes from the mafia.

Meanwhile, the district SP has constituted an SIT (Special Investigation Team) to probe the matter.